Fines and jail for breaking bus rules

A. Any person violating subsections 11.04.010 (A)(1) through (7), or aiding, abetting, or assisting another person in violating any such subsections, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in an amount not exceeding $100. B. Any person violating subsections 11.04.010 (A)(8) through (23), or aiding, abetting, or assisting another person in violating any such subsections, shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a petty misdemeanor, punishable by up to 30 days jail, or $1,000 fine. C. Each violation of any of the prohibited activities set forth in subsection 11.04.010 (A) shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such under this section. D. Any police officer, upon identifying a person for a violation of this chapter, may issue thereto in writing a summons or citation as outlined in section 803-6(b)(c)(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, except that the police officer may make a physical arrest in the following instances when: 1. The alleged violator refuses to provide the police officer with the person's name and address or any proof thereof as may be reasonably necessary for the police officer. 2. The alleged violator fails or refuses to immediately cease and desist from a prohibited activity or to immediately exit the bus as determined by the driver of the bus, or any agent of the transit system, or any police officer if the police officer is on the vehicle, after the alleged violator is issued a summons or citation. 3. The alleged violator has violated subsections 11.04.010 (A)(8) through (23). E. There shall be provided for use by police officers a form of summons or citation for use in citing violators of this chapter where circumstances do not require the physical arrest of violators. The form of the summons or citation shall be consistent with the form of other summonses or citations used in modern methods of arrest, so designed to include all necessary information to make the summons or citation valid within the laws and rules of the State of Hawaii and the County. The form and content of such summons or citation shall be adopted or prescribed by the administrative judge of the district court; provided that the administrative judge may approve the use of a form of summons or citation previously adopted or prescribed for other offenses and such approval shall be deemed to meet the requirements of this subsection. In every case where a citation is issued, the original shall be given to the alleged violator; provided that the administrative judge of the district court may prescribe that the alleged violator be given a copy of the citation and provide for the disposition of the original and any other copies. Every citation shall be consecutively numbered, and each copy shall bear the same number as its original. ( Ord. No. 4940 , § 6, 2018; Ord. No. 3628, § 1, 2009)