ROH §15B-8.8
No using transit workers for personal jobs
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗The company that runs the city bus and special transit service cannot make its workers do personal jobs for company bosses or city transit officials during work hours. The city will not pay for any work that breaks this rule.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Prohibition on use of bus or special transit service personnel for other than official duties
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) The transit management services contractor or principal of the contractor shall not direct or allow bus or special transit service personnel, during hours of employment for the contractor, to perform duties:
(1) That are not required for the operation or maintenance of the city bus system or special transit service; and
(2) That benefit, in an individual capacity:
(A) Any principal of the contractor; or
(B) Any director, officer, or employee of the department.
(b) Any compensation to bus or special transit service personnel for the performance of duties prohibited under this section shall not be a necessary and legitimate expense payable by the city.
(c) For the purposes of this section, “principal of the contractor” means a director or officer of the transit management services contractor.
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