Taximeter rules for taxicabs on Kauai

Installation. Every taxicab while operating within the County of Kaua'i shall be equipped with a taximeter so mounted in the taxicab that the reading indicator showing the amount of fare to be charged shall at all times be plainly visible to the passenger. Between the hours of sunset and sunrise, the reading indicator showing the amount of the fare shall be well lighted and readily discernible by the passenger riding in the taxicab. A taximeter shall be equipped with a primary indicating element. Except when a taximeter is being cleared, the primary indicating elements shall be susceptible of advancement only by the rotation of the vehicle wheels or by the time mechanism. The figures of the reading indicator showing the amount of the fare shall be of a size that shall be plainly visible to the passenger. The taximeter shall have a position recording mileage only and another recording waiting time. The taximeter shall have a clearly visible fare-indicating mechanism to denote when the taxicab is employed and when it is not employed. It shall be sealed at all points and connections which, if manipulated, would affect its correct reading and recording.Operation. When a taxicab is employed, it shall be the duty of the driver to place the taximeter into the appropriate employed position so as to record mileage while the taxicab is in motion and to record waiting time. The taximeter shall be kept in the appropriate employed position until the termination of the trip. At the termination of the trip, it shall be the duty of the driver to place the taximeter into the nonemployed position.Registration, Inspection and Fees.No driver or owner of a taxicab shall offer or let the taxicab for hire unless the taximeter installed therein or adjusted for any change in mileage rate shall have been first registered with and inspected by the Division of Weights and Measures of the State of Hawai'i and found to calculate and register fares correctly in conformity with the rates as set forth in this Article and a seal attesting thereto shall have been placed on the taximeter. It shall be the duty of the owner or driver of any taxicab equipped with a taximeter to submit the taximeter to the Division of Weights and Measures of the State of Hawai'i for inspection, as required, testing and sealing before the date as may be established by the Division of Weights and Measures of the State of Hawai'i. Every inspection shall include the examination and inspection of the taximeter affixed in the taxicab and every wheel, tire, gear shaft or any other part of the taxicab, which may affect or control the operation of the taximeter.If upon periodic inspection, the Division of Weights and Measures of the State of Hawai'i shall find that a taximeter is not calculating the rates as set forth in this Article, it shall be unlawful to operate the taxicab or to permit the taxicab to be operated until its taximeter shall have been repaired, inspected, tested and found to be calculating and registering in conformity with the rates as set forth in this Article and a seal shall have been placed thereon. Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the replacement of a taximeter with another that conforms with the provisions of this Article.The taxicab driver or owner shall pay fees as may be established by the Division of Weights and Measures of the State of Hawai'i for each taximeter inspection.