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AN ORDINANCE relating to fees; amending Ordinance 9735, Ordinance 11123, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4.26.015, Ordinance 9735, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.26.020, Ordinance 6666, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.80.020, Ordinance 11137, Section 1 (part), as amended, and K.C.C. 4.88.010, Ordinance 11137, Section 1 (part), as amended, and K.C.C. 4.88.020, Ordinance 11377, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4.90.020, Ordinance 11377, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.90.030, Ordinance 13325, Sections 1 and 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.94.010, Ordinance 13663, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4.96.010, Ordinance 13923, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.100.020, Ordinance 14545, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.100.025, Ordinance 13923, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.100.030, Ordinance 14792, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.104.010, Ordinance 17096, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.140.010, Ordinance 13480, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.150.010, Ordinance 12643, Section 11, and K.C.C. 4.150.050, Ordinance 12643, Section 10, and K.C.C. 4.150.070, Ordinance 12643, Section 9, and K.C.C. 4.150.090, Ordinance 12643, Section 8, and K.C.C. 4.150.130, Ordinance 12643, Section 19, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.150.210, Ordinance 12643, Section 7, and K.C.C. 4.150.230, Ordinance 12643, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.150.310, Ordinance 12643, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.150.350, Ordinance 12643, Section 13, and K.C.C. 4.150.410, Ordinance 11962, Section 15, and K.C.C. 4.150.430, Ordinance 12643, Section 12, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.150.450, Ordinance 12643, Section 12, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.150.450, Ordinance 11962, Section 16, and K.C.C. 4.150.470, Ordinance 12643, Section 22, and K.C.C. 4.150.510, Ordinance 12643, Section 16, and K.C.C. 4.150.530 and Ordinance 12643, Section 18, and K.C.C. 4.150.610, adding new chapters to K.C.C. Title 4A, recodifying K.C.C. 4.26.010, K.C.C. 4.26.015, K.C.C. 4.26.020, K.C.C. 4.69.010, K.C.C. 4.69.020, K.C.C. 4.69.030, K.C.C. 4.80.020, K.C.C. 4.88.010, K.C.C. 4.88.020, K.C.C. 4.90.010, K.C.C. 4.90.020, K.C.C. 4.90.030, K.C.C. 4.90.010, K.C.C. 4.94.010, K.C.C. 4.96.010, K.C.C. 4.98.010, K.C.C. 4.100.020, Ordinance 14545, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.100.025, Ordinance 13923, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.100.030, Ordinance 13923, Section 6, and K.C.C. 4.100.040, Ordinance 13923, Section 7, and K.C.C. 4.100.050, Ordinance 16861, Section 6, and K.C.C. 4.100.100, Ordinance 14792, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.104.010, Ordinance 16943, Section 4, and K.C.C. 4.110.010, Ordinance 16971, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.120.010, Ordinance 17096, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.140.010, K.C.C. 4.150.010, K.C.C. 4.150.050, K.C.C. 4.150.070, K.C.C. 4.150.090, K.C.C. |1013|.150.110, K.C.C. 4.150.130, and K.C.C. 4.150.210, K.C.C. 4.150.230, K.C.C. 4.150.310, K.C.C. 4.150.330, K.C.C. 4.150.350, K.C.C. 4.150.410, K.C.C. 4.150.430, K.C.C. 4.150.450, K.C.C. 4.150.450, K.C.C. 4.150.470, K.C.C. 4.150.510, K.C.C. 4.150.530, K.C.C. 4.150.610, K.C.C. 4.150.630 and K.C.C. 4.150.910 and repealing Ordinance 11123, Section 1, and K.C.C. 4.26.005, Ordinance 6666, Section 1, and K.C.C. 4.80.010 and Ordinance 13923, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.100.010.
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PREAMBLE:
The existing code on revenue and fiscal regulation, K.C.C. Title 4, was created for the most part in the 1970s and 1980s, though some provisions date back to at least the 1940s. Since the creation of K.C.C. Title 4, the title has been subject to many amendments each year. The cumulative effect of these amendments has been to create ambiguities and conflicts within the title, which make it difficult to apply the code effectively and predictably. The council determines that a new title on revenue and fiscal regulation, K.C.C. Title 4A, should be created, and material related to revenue and fiscal matters be codified in that title, and all other material in K.C.C. Title 4 that is not appropriate to be codified K.C.C. Title 4A should be codified in the appropriate titles.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. There is hereby established a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A. The new chapter shall contain K.C.C. 4.26.010, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.26.015, as recodified by this ordinance , and K.C.C. 4.26.020, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 11123, Section 1, and K.C.C. 4.26.005, are each hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. K.C.C. 4.26.0.010 is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 1 of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. K.C.C. 4.26.0.015, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 1 of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. Ordinance 11123, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4.26.015 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The registered owners of vehicles residing within the boundaries of the county who, at the time payment of the fee established by this chapter is due, are sixty-one (((61))) years old or older and whose combined disposable household income is seventy (((70))) percent or less of the state median as determined by the Washington ((S))state Office of Financial Management or have a permanent physical disability and have been issued a permanent disabled persons placard or disabled person's license plates by the Washington State Department of Licensing shall, upon application, be exempted from this fee. Proof of disability must be provided. ((The effective date of the exemption shall be January 1, 1995.))
SECTION 6. K.C.C. 4.26.0.020, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 1 of this ordinance.
SECTION 7. Ordinance 9735, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.26.020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The fee imposed by this chapter shall be collected and administered by the Washington ((S))state Department of Licensing; the revenues from the fee imposed by this chapter shall be distributed to the county and the cities; and the proceeds of the fee imposed by this chapter shall be used strictly for transportation purposes in accordance with Chapter 42, ((Session)) Laws of Washington 1990.
SECTION 8. There is hereby established a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A. The new chapter shall contain K.C.C. 4.69.010, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.69.020, as recodified by this ordinance, and K.C.C. 4.69.030, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 9. K.C.C. 4.69.010, K.C.C. 4.69.020 and K.C.C. 4.69.030 are each hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 8 of this ordinance.
SECTION 10. There is hereby established a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A. The new chapter shall contain K.C.C. 4.80.020, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 11. Ordinance 6666, Section 1, and K.C.C. 4.80.010 are each hereby repealed.
SECTION 12. K.C.C. 4.80.020, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 10 of this ordinance.
SECTION 13. Ordinance 6666, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.80.020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
((Effective January 1, 1998)) The following fees shall be charged by the department of information technology:
A. OUTPUT PRODUCTS
1. Property Batch System Inquiries
a. Customer Inquiries only $0.60 per parcel
b. Name and Address Labels only 0.65 per parcel
c. Legal Description Labels only 0.65 per parcel
d. Customer Inquiries plus Name and Address Labels 0.95 per parcel
e. Customer Inquiries plus Legal Description Labels 0.95 per parcel
f. Customer Inquiries plus Name and Address and Legal 1.30 per parcel
Description Labels
g. Name and Address Labels plus Legal Description 1.00 per parcel
Labels
h. Batch Tax Statements 0.70 per parcel
i. Additional Copies of Inquiries, Labels or Statements 0.30 per parcel
(regardless of number of copies printed)
j. Minimum Charge 25.00 per order
2. Property On-Line System Inquiries
a. Access Fee for Customer-Owned Terminals 425.00 per month per
location
b. Online Property Inquiries 0.60 per transaction
3. Property Extracts and Microfiche File
a. Real Property Master File Extract $350.00
b. Real Property Tax Roll on Microfiche 245.00
c. LID Assessment Roll and Master File on Microfiche 245.00
d. LID Assessment Roll and Master File on 8-1/2 x 245.00
14-inch paper
e. LID Assessment Roll Plat to District Cross Reference 69.00
Report
f. Residential Characteristic Land File Copy 162.00
g. Residential Characteristic Building File Copy 162.00
h. Residential Characteristic Accessory File Extract 162.00
i. Sales File Copy 220.00
j. Commercial/Industrial Characteristics Land File 162.00
Extract
k. Commercial/Industrial Characteristic Building File 162.00\par Extract
l. Commercial/Industrial Characteristic Condo File 162.00
Extract
m. Plat Index File Copy 162.00
n. Current Plat Index (Paper or Fiche) 43.00
o. Property File Copy 162.00
p. Sales History, Purged (Microfiche) 43.00
q. Condominium Report (Microfiche) 43.00
r. Comparable Sales (Microfiche) 100.00
s. Real Property Full Legal Description Extract 200.00
t. Personal Property File Extract 125.00
u. Personal Property Beginning Year Tax Roll 110.00
(Microfiche)
4. Voter Registration
a. Printouts 275.00 base file
processing charge
plus:
(1) One-Part Paper - All Registered Voters within 0.12 per precinct
Precinct
(2) Two-Part Paper - All Registered Voters within 0.25 per precinct
Precinct
(3) Four-Part Paper - All Registered Voters within 0.35 per precinct
Precinct
or:
(4) One-Part Paper - New Registrations and Transfers 0.0004 per voter
only selected
(5) Two-Part Paper - New Registrations and Transfers 0.0008 per voter
only selected
(6) Four-Part Paper - New Registrations and Transfers 0.0010 per voter
only selected
b. Name and Address Labels 275.00 base file
processing charge
plus:
(1) All Registered Voters within Precincts 1.50 per precinct
or:
(2) New Registrations and Transfers only 0.005 per voter
selected
c. Standard Magnetic Tape (1600 bits per inch 275.00 base file
minimum) processing charge
plus:
(1) All Registered Voters within Precincts 0.10 per precinct
(2) New Registrations and Transfers only 0.0005 per voter
selected
d. Certify Tape 11.00 per reel
e. King County Information and Telecommunications 30.00 certified check
Services Supplied Magnetic Tape per reel loaned
5. Absentee Abstracts
a. Printouts 25.00 base file
processing charge
plus:
(1) One-Part Paper 0.025 per printed page
(2) Two-Part Paper 0.05 per printed page
(3) Four-Part Paper 0.065 per printed page
6. Recording Index Tape
a. General Index of Daily Recordings Year to date 25.00 per copy
b. Tract Index of Surveys Year to date 25.00 per copy
c. Sales Activity 25.00 per copy
7. Adult Detention
a. Booking Recap Report 30.00 per month
b. Release Recap Report 15.00 per month
c. Bail Bond Inquiry 0.35 per transaction
8. Published Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Data 58.93 per compact
disk
B. Special circumstances and requests for output products other than those specified in subsection A. of this section shall be ((assigned)) charged a fixed rate, determined by the department of information technology, based on the prevailing labor and resource costs.
C. Based on their unique requirements, cash-on-delivery and non-King County ((agencies)) customers may be assessed a fee of up to ((10)) percent to cover undistributed overhead.
SECTION 14. There is hereby established a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A. The new chapter shall contain K.C.C. 4.88.010, as recodified by this ordinance, and K.C.C. 4.81.020, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 15. K.C.C. 4.88.010, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 14 of this ordinance.
SECTION 16. Ordinance 11137, Section 1 (part), as amended, and K.C.C. 4.88.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. Any person, agent or company who requests and receives a copy of an autopsy report in accordance with RCW 68.50.105 shall be charged a fee of fifty dollars.
B. Any person, agent or company who requests and receives a copy of a determination shall be charged a fee of twenty dollars.
C. ((Revenues generated by the autopsy reports and determinations fee shall be expended to support the King County medical examiner's office.
D.)) Revenues generated by the cremation permit fee shall be expended to support the King County medical examiner's office.
SECTION 17. K.C.C. 4.88.020, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 14 of this ordinance.
SECTION 18. Ordinance 11137, Section 1 (part), as amended, and K.C.C. 4.88.020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The director of the Seattle-King County department of public health is authorized to waive the fees established by K.C.C. 4.88.010, as recodified by this ordinance, when the reports are requested and received by the decedent's attending physician or by law enforcement agencies or officials conducting criminal investigations or prosecutions.
SECTION 19. There is hereby established a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A. The new chapter shall contain K.C.C. 4.90.010, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.90.020, as recodified by this ordinance, and K.C.C. 4.90.030, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 20. K.C.C. 4.90.010 is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 19 of this ordinance.
SECTION 21. K.C.C. 4.90.020, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 19 of this ordinance.
SECTION 22. Ordinance 11377, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4.90.020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The council hereby adopts a financial plan for the 1996 water quality program ((which)) that includes a rate not to exceed (($20.30)) twenty dollars and thirty cent to satisfy the financial obligations of the wastewater management program. The executive shall prepare the 1996 water quality budget and determine specific monetary requirements of the 1996 sewer program in accordance with this directive. ((Prior to July 1, 1995, the county will enact an ordinance describing specific monetary requirements for the 1996 water quality program and copies shall be distributed to each component agency having an agreement for sewage disposal with King County.))
SECTION 23. K.C.C. 4.90.030, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 19 of this ordinance.
SECTION 24. Ordinance 11377, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.90.030 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Council affirms historic Metro policies to equally share responsibilities, opportunities, costs and risks associated with the wastewater management program among all component agencies. The executive shall annually prepare an assessment of system equity in accordance with the following requirements to ensure that King county customers do not bear a disproportionate share of system costs and risks as compared to customers served outside King County. ((Such)) The report ((will)) shall identify:
A. The annual and accrued sewer rate benefit associated with use of King County general obligation bonds on the sewer rate as compared to an estimated rate based exclusively on revenue bond issuance beginning January 1, 1994; and
B. An estimate of the annual and accrued cash value of the rate benefit to non-King County customers listed by component agency as compared to an estimated rate based exclusively on revenue bond issuance; and
C. Status of efforts made to resolve any inequities identified between King County and non-King County component agencies during the year.
D. Status of efforts made by adjoining jurisdictions or non-King County component agencies to help King County locate biosolid handling and disposal facilities within their jurisdictional boundaries; and
E. The executive shall not amend or modify any agreement with a component agency serving non-King County residents unless ((such)) the agreement also includes provisions to resolve any inequities favoring non-King County customers as described in the annual report.
SECTION 25. There is hereby established a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A. The new chapter shall contain K.C.C. 4.92.010, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 26. K.C.C. 4.92.010 is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 25 of this ordinance.
SECTION 27. There is hereby established a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A. The new chapter shall contain K.C.C. 4.94.010, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 28. K.C.C. 4.94.010, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 27 of this ordinance.
SECTION 29. Ordinance 13325, Sections 1 and 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.94.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. An assessment for the King County noxious weed control program of two dollars and ten cents per parcel and fifteen cents per acre on all property not classified as forest land shall be imposed annually. Property classified as forest land, as defined in RCW 84.33.035, ((which)) that is used solely for the planting, growing or harvesting of trees and ((which)) that is typified by canopies so dense as to prohibit the growth of an understory shall be assessed at the rate of twenty-one cents per parcel and one and one-half cents per acre.
B. The amount of the assessment shall constitute a lien against any property for which the assessment has not been paid by the date it is due, as provided in RCW 17.10.240. A notice of lien shall be sent to each owner of such a property.
C. Lands owned by the federal government or lands owned by federally recognized tribes or members of such tribes ((that)) as are located within the historical boundaries of a reservation shall not be assessed for the noxious weed control program.
SECTION 30. There is hereby established a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A. The new chapter shall contain K.C.C. 4.96.010, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 31. K.C.C. 4.96.010, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 30 of this ordinance.
SECTION 32. Ordinance 13663, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4.96.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
To provide for a portion of the costs and expenses for the provision of addiction treatment, the director of the department of community and human services shall charge and collect fees according to the following guidelines:
A. Before billing a client fee, the department of community and human services shall identify potential third party payors, which shall include, but not be limited to, private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, the Department of Veterans Affairs and programs of the state of Washington Department of Social and Health Services. Third-party payors shall be billed at full charge, according to this fee schedule, but the Department of Social and Health Services shall not be charged in excess of the maximum applicable Title XIX reimbursement levels for eligible patients. Third parties who annually refer multiple clients may be provided a reduced rate based on volume and provision of shared services. The director of the department of community and human services is authorized to accept ((such)) the agreed-upon third-party payment as payment in full for services or to establish a client copayment ((which)) that is subject to client ability to pay.
B. The full fees for the services provided at Cedar Hills addiction treatment program are imposed as follows:
Intensive treatment $135 per day
Long-term treatment $106 per day
Residential recovery home treatment $78 per day
Co-occurring disorder add-on rate $50 per day
Admission evaluation $225 per evaluation
Psychiatric evaluation $130 per hour
Medical services At Title XIX rates
Pharmaceuticals Actual cost, plus 10%
administrative fee or $10
administrative fee, whichever is
less
Laboratory Tests Actual cost, plus 10%
administrative fee or $20
administrative fee, whichever is
less
Medical emergency (911) response Actual cost
C. The director of the department of community and human services is authorized to charge and collect a reduced amount for low-income persons whose income, adjusted for family size, is at or less than eighty percent of the state of Washington median income. Persons who are determined to be indigent, by reason of receiving public assistance shall not be charged a fee.
SECTION 33. There is hereby established a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A. The new chapter shall contain K.C.C. 4.98.010, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 34. K.C.C. 4.98.010 is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 33 of this ordinance.
SECTION 35. There is hereby established a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A. The new chapter shall contain K.C.C. 4.100.020, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.100.025, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.100.030, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.100.040, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.100.050, as recodified by this ordinance, and K.C.C. 4.100.100, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 36. Ordinance 13923, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.100.010 are each hereby repealed.
SECTION 37. K.C.C. 4.100.020, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 35 of this ordinance.
SECTION 38. Ordinance 13923, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.100.020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. Requests to accept electronic payments must be initiated by the affected department or agency. A department or agency is not required to accept electronic payments for any service it provides.
B. A department or agency may accept electronic payments for a service it offers, only if the person making the payment bears the transaction fee in such an amount as determined by the finance and business operations division in accordance with state law.
C. A department or agency may absorb the costs associated with electronic payment transactions, only if the council has given its approval to do so and absorption of the transaction fees does not conflict with state law, this chapter or established county policy.
D. A department or agency may accept electronic payments for tax payments, including interest, penalties and other amounts associated with taxes, only if the person making the payment bears the transaction fee in such an amount as determined by the finance and business operations division in accordance with state law.
E. A department or agency may accept electronic payments for specified nontax payments, including but not limited to code enforcement fines and penalties, special assessments, school and road mitigation payments, and fines, restitution and interest imposed by courts, only if the person making the payment bears the transaction fee in such an amount as determined by the finance and business operations division in accordance with state law.
F. If a department or agency collects payments to be shared with another state or government agency, the department or agency may absorb the cost of the transaction fees, only if the benefits to the county are greater than the transaction fees, as determined by the head of the department or agency, and if approved by the council. A department or agency that collects those types of payments may enter into negotiation with other state or governmental agencies regarding the sharing of transaction fees, unless the share of payment collected to be paid to the other agency is specified by state law.
G. The finance and business operations division shall develop and administer a comprehensive countywide request for proposal for credit card services. The finance and business operations division shall award and administer agreements for the services. A department or agency may not enter into such an agreement without the written consent of the manager of the finance and business operations division.
H. Electronic payments may be accepted in person, over the phone, by fax, by mail((,)) or through the Internet, as determined appropriate by the head of each department and agency and as is consistent with this chapter and any agreement for electronic payment services.
I. Convenience fees may be added to electronic payments processed through an interactive voice response system or through the Internet. The convenience fee may be calculated to cover any transaction costs borne by the department or agency and may include a fee for expedited transaction processing. A department or agency may not impose a convenience fee unless the manager of the finance and business operations division has approved the fee.
J. A department accepting electronic payments shall include transaction fees in its annual budget unless the customer pays the transaction fees.
SECTION 39. K.C.C. 4.100.025, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 35 of this ordinance.
SECTION 40. Ordinance 14545, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.100.025 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. Electronic commerce systems, either Internet or interactive voice response, shall not store credit card, debit card or check card numbers in a data base or create a database where the numbers are retrievable by any county employee or county systems except as specifically authorized under subsection of E. of this section.
B. For credit card, debit card or check card transactions completed at a counter, county staff:
1. Shall not enter credit card, debit card or check card numbers into a database or create a database where the credit card, debit card or check card numbers are retrievable by any county employee or other county systems except as specifically authorized under subsection E of this section;
2. Shall give the holder's copy of the credit card, debit card or check card receipt to the customer; and
3. Shall store the merchant copy of the credit card, debit card or check card receipt for at least three years in a secure location immediately after the transaction is completed, and ((this)) the location shall be accessible to authorized personnel only.
C. For mail-order and telephone order credit card, debit card or check card transactions, county staff:
1. Shall not enter credit card, debit card or check card numbers into a database or create a database where the credit card, debit card or check card numbers are retrievable by any county employee or other county systems except as specifically authorized ((pursuant to)) under subsection E. of this section.
2. Shall store the merchant copy of the credit card, debit card or electronic check receipt for at least three years in a secure location immediately after the transaction is completed, and ((this)) the location shall be accessible to authorized personnel only;
3. Shall either mail the credit card, debit card or check card holder the customer's copy of the credit card, debit card or check card receipt or store it with the merchant copy, in accordance with agency policy.
4. Mail order and telephone order forms containing credit card, debit card or check card numbers must be either destroyed or stored with the merchant copy of the credit card, debit card or check card receipt in accordance with agency policy.
D. ((Agencies with existing systems that store credit card, debit card or check card numbers in locations retrievable by any county employee or other county systems as of January 6, 2003, must provide written notification to the executive and council chair with a plan to comply with this section by March 31, 2003. These agencies shall provide written notification to the executive and the council chair upon compliance with this section by December 31, 2003.
E.)) An agency must obtain written authorization from the executive and provide written notification to the council chair for the use of systems that collect credit card, debit card or check card numbers in any location where credit card, debit card or check card numbers are retrievable by any county employee or other county systems.
SECTION 41. K.C.C. 4.100.030, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 35 of this ordinance.
SECTION 42. Ordinance 13923, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.100.030 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. A department or agency may initiate the acceptance of electronic payments without council approval, only if the person making the payment bears the transaction fee in such an amount as determined by the finance and business operations division in accordance with state law.
B. A department or agency wishing to absorb the costs associated with electronic payment transactions shall receive council approval to do so. The process for receiving council approval is as follows:
1. The department or agency must submit to the budget office and to the finance and business operations division a formal request to initiate acceptance of electronic payments along with a business analysis ((which)) that, at a minimum, describes any combination of the service or services and product or products for which the electronic payment option is to be offered, assesses the benefits of absorbing the transaction costs associated with these payments, projects the annual fiscal impact of absorbing transaction costs over a three-year horizon, documents legal or contractual obligations that would be affected by acceptance of electronic payments and adequately cites or includes as attachments any documentation supporting its business analysis. The council encourages the executive to develop an electronic payment business analysis template for use by interested agencies; and
2. If the budget office agrees that absorbing the transaction costs serves the best interests of the county, and if the finance and business operations division confirms that the proposal meets its electronic payment processing protocol, the executive may transmit an appropriation request to the council. The transmittal package must include the department or agency business analysis on which the original request is based. The council encourages submittal of the electronic payment appropriation requests as part of the annual budget.
SECTION 43. K.C.C. 4.100.040, K.C.C. 4.100.050 and K.C.C. 4.100.100 are each hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 35 of this ordinance.
SECTION 44. There is hereby established a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A. The new chapter shall contain K.C.C. 4.104.010, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 45. K.C.C. 4.104.010, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 44 of this ordinance.
SECTION 46. Ordinance 14792, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.104.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The following fees apply as provided in this chapter:
A. Service of civil process, service, summons and complaint, notice and complaint, summons and petition and notice of small claim:
1. Serve one defendant $30.00
2. Serve two or more defendants, same address $30.00
3. All returns $23.00
4. Nonresident returns $23.00
5. Notary fee $10.00
6. Mileage (per mile) Federal
standard
mileage rate
B. Attachment, writ - personal property:
1. Levy, per hour $67.00
2. Serve, each defendant $40.00
3. Return to court $23.00
4. Mileage (per mile) Federal
standard
mileage rate
C. Attachment, writ - real property:
1. Levy (per hour) $67.00
2. Notice of levy $5.00
Per Location $2.00
3. Filing with auditor and auditor's filing fee $30.00
4. Serve defendant (if required) $40.00
5. Return to court $23.00
6. Mileage (per mile) Federal
standard
mileage rate
D. Execution - personal property:
1. Levy (per hour) $67.00
2. Notice of sale and copies (first copy) $2.00
3. Additional copies (each) $1.00
4. Posting of each notice $15.00
5. Conducting sale (per hour) $67.00
6. Bill of sale (each) $67.00
7. Return to court $23.00
8. Serve defendant $40.00
9. Serve notice (defendant) $40.00
10. Postponement notice (each) $15.00
11. Mileage (per mile) Federal
standard
mileage rate
12. Mailing Actual costs of
postage
E. Warrants:
1. Serve (each) $67.00
2. Return to court $23.00
3. Mileage (per mile) Federal
standard
mileage rate
F. Subpoena:
1. Serve (each) $40.00
2. Return to court $23.00
3. Mileage Federal
standard
mileage rate
G. Postage for mailing, required by statute whether regular,
Certified((,)) or registered: Actual cost of
postage
H. Mileage fee, each mile actually and necessarily traveled in
going to or returning from any place of service or
attempted service: Federal
standard
mileage rate
I. Execution - order of sale of real property:
1. Levy (per hour) $67.00
2. Notice to publisher $2.00
3. Recording with auditor $30.00
4. Notice of sale (plus copies) $3.00
5. Conducting sale (per hour) $67.00
6. Certificate of sale $67.00
7. Return to court $23.00
8. Posting of notice (each) $15.00
9. Affidavit of posting $10.00
10. Postponement (each notice) $15.00
11. Mileage (per mile) Federal
standard
mileage rate
12. Mailing Actual cost of
postage
J. Writ of garnishment:
1. Serve garnishee $40.00
2. Return to court $23.00
3. Serve defendant (if required) $40.00
4. Mileage (per mile) Federal
standard
mileage rate
5. Mailing Actual cost of
postage
K. Writ of replevin - affidavit, claim and delivery:
1. Serve defendant with writ - affidavit and bond $40.00
2. Serve summons and complaint (one) $30.00
3. Serve summons and complaint (two or more) $40.00
4. Levy (per hour) $67.00
5. Return to court $23.00
6. Mileage (per hour) Federal
standard
mileage rate
L. Writ of restitution or writ of assistance, or both:
1. Service without aid of county (posting) $46.00
2. Service with aid of county (oust and eject) $87.00
3. Cost per hour after first hour $67.00
4. Return to court $23.00
5. Mileage (per mile) Federal
standard
mileage rate
M. Redemption:
1. Serve notice of intent $40.00
2. Certificate of redemption $67.00
3. Copies In accordance
with RCW
36.18.040
N. Deed issuance $45.00
O. Habeas corpus, order to assist:
1. Serve only $40.00
2. Executing of (per hour) $67.00
3. Return to court $23.00
P. Internal-only criminal history record check: $15.00
Q. Notarizing documents: $10.00
R. All other documents and supporting papers for which no $40.00
other fee is provided in this section:
S. Fingerprinting:
1. Noncriminal purpose up to two sets $15.00
2. Each additional set $5.00
SECTION 47. There is hereby established a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A. The new chapter shall contain K.C.C. 4.110.010, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 48. K.C.C. 4.110.010 is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 47 of this ordinance.
SECTION 49. There is hereby established a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A. The new chapter shall contain K.C.C. 4.69.010, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.69.020, as recodified by this ordinance, and K.C.C. 4.69.030, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 50. K.C.C. 4.120.010 is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 49 of this ordinance.
SECTION 51. There is hereby established a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A. The new chapter shall contain K.C.C. 4.140.010, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 52. K.C.C. 4.140.010, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 51 of this ordinance.
SECTION 53. Ordinance 17096, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.140.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. User fees are established for public use of electric vehicle charging station stalls located on property owned or leased by King County.
B. The department of transportation shall set the user fees for the use of electric vehicle charging stations stalls in accordance with this section.
C. The user fees shall not exceed five dollars per use. The user fees shall be calculated as single, per-use fees intended to cover the county's cost of operations related to public use.
1. The county's cost of operations includes, but is not limited to, planning, outreach and administration, maintenance, charging station vendor costs, utility costs related to the charging stations and facility enforcement costs.
2. Differing user fees may be established at particular locations and for uses other than typical daytime parking, such as overnight parking, monthly reservations, special event rates((,)) and other specific circumstances.
D. The department of transportation shall review all user fees twice each year and adjust the fees based on consideration for the costs established in subsections A., B. and C. of this section.
E. All user fees and civil penalties authorized in this section shall be deposited into the public transportation operating account of the public transportation fund and used to support the electric vehicle charging station program.
F. The department of transportation shall post user fees, rules for using the electric vehicle charging station stalls and the penalties for improper use of electric vehicle charging station stall at or near the stalls either via the electronic screen on the charging device or by signage affixed on or near the charging device. The department also shall post the fees, rules and penalties in an appropriate location on the department of transportation website.
G. Failure to pay the applicable user fee or remaining in an electric vehicle charging station stall longer than entitled as a result of the user fee paid, is a violation of this section.
H. The penalty for a violation under subsection G. of this section may result in a civil penalty in an amount established by the department by rule, in accordance with K.C.C. chapter 2.98, not to exceed two hundred dollars. Notice and appeal of the civil penalty shall be as follows:
1. The department shall issue a notice and order and serve it as provided for in this section when the department determines that a violation described in subsection H. of this section has occurred. The notice and order shall contain:
a. a description of the vehicle parked in violation of this section, including make, model, color and license plate number;
b. date and time the notice and order was issued;
c. a description sufficient to identify the area where the vehicle was parked when the violation was discovered;
d. a statement that the vehicle is parked in violation of subsection G. of this section, with a brief and concise description of the conditions that established the violation;
e. a statement that the department is assessing a civil penalty, the amount of the penalty and a time certain by which the penalty shall be paid from the date of the order; and
f. statements advising that:
(1) the director of transportation may review and reconsider the notice and order, but only if a request for review and reconsideration is made in writing as provided in this section and filed with the director within ten days from the date of service of the notice and order;
(2) the address to which the request for review and reconsideration must be sent;
(3) the director's decision may be appealed to the hearing examiner, but only if the appeal is made in writing and filed with the director within fourteen days from the mailing of the director's decision, as provided in K.C.C. chapter 20.24; and
(4) failure to timely request director's review and reconsideration will constitute a waiver of all rights to any administrative hearing and determination of the matter;
2. The notice and order, and any amended or supplemental notice and order, shall be served by affixing the notice and order to the vehicle for which is the subject of the violation, in a conspicuous location on the vehicle;
3. Proof of service of the notice and order shall be made at the time of service by a written declaration under penalty of perjury, executed by the person effecting service and declaring the time, date and manner in which service was made. A copy of the notice and order shall be kept on file by the department of transportation;
4. A person served with a notice and order under this section may request in writing, within ten days of being served with a notice and order, that the director review and reconsider the notice and order;
5. The review shall be performed without a hearing and be based solely on written information provided by the person requesting review and by county personnel or agents;
6. Upon review, the director may uphold the notice and order or waive or reduce the fine or any other penalty contained in the notice and order;
7. The director shall mail the written decision to the person requesting review;
8. The decision shall notify the person requesting review of the right to appeal the director's decision under this section and the procedure for filing the notice of appeal of the director's decision;
9. The King County office of the hearing examiner shall hear appeals of the director's decisions under this section;
10. Any person having received a director's decision under this section may appeal that decision by filing a notice of appeal under K.C.C. chapter 20.24;
11. The procedures for initiating and conducting the appeal shall be governed by K.C.C. chapter 20.24;
12. Enforcement of any notice and order of the department shall be stayed during the pendency of a director's review or an appeal therefrom that is properly and timely filed in accordance with K.C.C. chapter 20.24;
13. The registered owner of a vehicle is liable to pay any civil penalty imposed for a violation under this section. However, the registered owner of a vehicle may avoid liability if the owner proves that the vehicle was reported to the police as a stolen vehicle before the notice and order was issued, and the vehicle had not been recovered;
14. Except as otherwise provided in subsection H.13. of this section, a civil penalty imposed for failure to pay a user fee at a King County department of transportation facility is a personal obligation of the registered owner of the vehicle involved; and
15. If the penalties assessed by the department are not paid to King County within thirty days from the service of the notice, the mailing of the director's decision((,)) or the mailing of the hearing examiner's decision, whichever occurs last, then the department may send a final warning letter to the registered owner of the vehicle to the address on file with the state Department of Licensing. If the civil penalties are not paid within ten days after the final warning letter is sent, then the department may pursue other applicable legal remedies. In pursuing payment of civil penalties that remain delinquent after the final warning letter is sent, and to cover administrative expenses associated with the pursuit of the penalties, the department may charge the registered owner of the vehicle an additional fee not to exceed fifty percent of the total delinquent civil penalties.
I. In addition or as an alternative to the civil penalty authorized in subsection I. of this section, the department may impound the vehicle without giving prior notice in accordance with the process provided in K.C.C. chapter 46.08. When impoundment is authorized by this section, a vehicle may be impounded by a towing contractor acting at the request of the director or the director's designee. The director or the director's designee shall provide to the towing contractor a signed authorization for the tow and the impound before the towing contractor may proceed with the impound.
SECTION 54. There is hereby established a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A. The new chapter shall contain K.C.C. 4.150.010, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.050, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.070, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.090, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.110, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.130, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.210, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.230, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.310, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.330, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.350, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.410, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.430, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.450, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.470, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.510, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.530, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.610, as recodified by this ordinance, K.C.C. 4.150.630, as recodified by this ordinance, and K.C.C. 4.150910, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 55. K.C.C. 4.150.010, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 56. Ordinance 13480, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.150.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. Except as may otherwise be provided by ordinance, the following fare categories and rates are established for regularly scheduled county public transportation service on buses, trolleys, transit vans, dial-a-ride vehicles and streetcars:
Off-peak One-zone Two-zone
peak peak
Regular fare $2.25 $2.50 $3.00
Child fare No charge No charge No charge
Youth fare $1.25 $1.25 $1.25
Seniors and persons with disabilities fare $0.75 $0.75 $0.75
The fare categories and rates are subject to, and defined by, the following:
1. The descriptions of transit zones are set forth in K.C.C. 28.94.030;
2. The time-of-day limitations for peak period trips and off-peak period trips are ((set forth)) in K.C.C. 28.92.115 and 28.92.100 except as to streetcar services, which may be priced at peak fares;
3. The child fare is available to persons up to six years old when accompanied by a responsible person paying the proper fare as set forth in this chapter. Up to four children may ride with each responsible person;
4. The youth fare is available to persons from six through eighteen years old and persons over eighteen years old who receive student passes under K.C.C. 4.150.450, as recodified by this ordinance;
5. The senior and persons with disabilities fare is available to persons who apply for and receive a regional reduced fare permit. The permits are available to persons at least sixty-five years old and persons with disabilities as provided in the regional reduced fare permit program authorized under K.C.C. 28.94.255; and
6. A person with a disability who has been issued an attendant ride free permit by the department may be accompanied by an attendant, who is not required to pay a fare.
B. A fare in subsection A. of this section is paid when a person pays the appropriate amount in cash or presents an appropriate pass, transfer or other fare payment media established under, and used in accordance with, this chapter.
C.1. Regional and institutional passes, in various single-trip value denominations and for various effective periods, may be issued and sold in accordance with the terms of an agreement approved by the county council and entered into with other public transportation providers in the region. Institutions include employers, groups of employers, educational institutions, transportation management associations and other organizations. The various effective periods, single-trip values and prices for the regional and institutional passes shall be established by the agreement. A valid regional or institutional pass may be presented an unlimited number of times during its effective period as full or partial payment of the applicable fare. To the extent the single trip value of the regional pass is not sufficient to cover the applicable fare, the rider shall pay the difference in cash or from an electronic stored value product, such as e purse.
2. For institutions entering into an annual institutional pass agreement, the following schedule of calculations shall determine the cost of the annual agreement for King County Metro's portion of the agreement:
First twelve months: TR x baseline trips
Second twelve months: (TR x baseline trips) + [(TR x added trips)
x 1/3]
Third twelve months: (TR x baseline trips) + [(TR x added trips)
x 2/3]
Fourth twelve months (and
subsequent 12 month periods): (TR x baseline trips) + (TR x added trips)
For purposes of this formula, "added trips" means those trips taken during the prior twelve months, determined either from surveys or electronic counting of actual institutional pass use, ((which)) that exceed the number of baseline trips established at the execution of the institutional pass agreement. Electronic counts of one month or more will be annualized and used in lieu of survey results if available.
For purposes of this formula, "baseline trips" means the estimated number of transit trips taken by the contracting party's covered population of students, employees or others, or any combination thereof, in the twelve months preceding execution of the institutional pass agreement. Baseline trips may be adjusted on an annual basis to account for changes in the number of eligible employees.
For purposes of this formula, in the event a party terminates or does not renew an institutional pass agreement, any subsequent institutional pass agreement entered into with that party shall be priced as if in the "fourth twelve months and thereafter" category.
For purposes of this formula, "trip revenue" or "TR" means the weighted average fare per trip determined by the department.
D. The rate of fare for paratransit service shall be $1.25 per trip and $45.00 for a monthly pass.
E. The rate of fare for customized bus service to residents of Center Park, a facility of the Seattle Housing Authority located at 2121 - 26th Avenue South, Seattle, is equal to the paratransit fares specified in subsection D. of this section.
SECTION 57. K.C.C. 4.150.050, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 58. Ordinance 12643, Section 11, and K.C.C. 4.150.050 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The following procedure and rate of fare shall be used for animals riding on coaches. For small animals that do not occupy space other than the lap of the person accompanying the animal and for assistive animals, there shall be no fare charged. For all other animals, a fare equivalent to the fare paid by the individual accompanying the animal shall be charged and a transfer issued upon request except that no zone fare shall be charged. Animals riding on coaches shall be leashed or otherwise restrained and shall not pose a problem of health, injury to property or persons((,)) or disturbance to other passengers.
SECTION 59. K.C.C. 4.150.070, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 60. Ordinance 12643, Section 10, and K.C.C. 4.150.070 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The director is authorized to establish rates of fare for customized bus service, ((provided such)) but only if the rates of fare are established at a level reasonably estimated to recover at least eighty percent of the marginal cost for the service hours provided. ((Such)) The customized services shall be on an individual fare-paying basis and be regularly scheduled according to such routes, schedules and dates as are determined by the director. There shall be no zone fares charged on customized bus service. Passes held by senior citizens, persons with disabilities((,)) and employees, and other special passes or permits, may be honored on customized bus service insofar as consistent with overall cost recovery requirements ((set forth above)) in this section. Transfers may be issued on customized bus service.
SECTION 61. K.C.C. 4.150.090, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 62. Ordinance 12643, Section 9, and K.C.C. 4.150.090 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The director is authorized to establish rates of fare for limited service to special or seasonal activities or events, ((provided such)) but only if the rates of fare and any contributions are established at a level reasonably estimated to recover at least twenty-five percent of the marginal cost for the service hours provided. In addition, the rates of fare for limited service shall be established at a level at least equal to the rates of fare for equivalent regularly scheduled service. If, however, the limited service is not equivalent to any regular service, then the rates of fare shall be no less than one-half of the one-zone, off-peak full fare set forth in this chapter. ((Such)) The limited services shall be on an individual fare-paying basis and be scheduled according to such routes, schedules and dates as are determined by the director.
SECTION 63. K.C.C. 4.150.110, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 64. Ordinance 12643, Section 14, and K.C.C. 4.150.110 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, general-authority Washington peace officers employed by a general-authority Washington law enforcement agency with officers in King County may ride regularly scheduled public transportation services without payment of fare ((provided such)), but only if the officers are in uniform or display their police badge(((s))) or badges to the transit operator.
SECTION 65. K.C.C. 4.150.130, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 66. Ordinance 12643, Section 8, and K.C.C. 4.150.130 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The director is authorized to establish rates of fare for vanpools, ((provided that)) but only if the rates of fare are established at a level reasonably estimated to recover the operating and capital costs of, and at least twenty-five percent of the cost of administering, the vanpool program.
SECTION 67. K.C.C. 4.150.210, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 68. Ordinance 12643, Section 19, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.150.210 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The director is authorized to establish a program for the sale and distribution of tickets to human service agencies at twenty percent of their cash value for the purpose of meeting the transportation needs of low income and homeless populations. The total amount of the eighty percent discount provided under the program shall not exceed one million eight hundred seventy-five thousand dollars for any one year. The allocation of discount tickets under the program shall be made by the director in conjunction with local jurisdictions and the county's department or departments responsible for human services programs. The local jurisdictions and the county department or departments shall determine the number of tickets from their respective allocations ((which)) that shall be sold to the human service agencies eligible under the program. Tickets sold under the program are valid on all public transportation and paratransit service.
SECTION 69. K.C.C. 4.150.230, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 70. Ordinance 12643, Section 7, and K.C.C. 4.150.230 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The director is authorized to issue and sell visitor passes entitling the holders thereof to public transportation services as specified by the passes, ((provided such)) but only if the issuance is not expected to require the addition of regularly scheduled service. The director shall establish the rates of fare, the number of visitor passes and the extent of services available under ((said)) the passes based on the estimated average visitor usage and the administrative costs of issuing the passes. ((Said)) The passes may be valid for a period not to exceed seven consecutive days. The director is further authorized to issue and sell ((said)) the passes to travel, convention and special event groups for quantities over one hundred at a rate that is not less than seventy percent of the established visitor rate. Visitor pass privileges shall commence and terminate on the date(((s))) or dates for which the passes are valid.
SECTION 71. K.C.C. 4.150.310, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 72. Ordinance 12643, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.150.310 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The director is authorized to issue, sell, consign or accept, or any combination thereof, electronic stored value products, tickets, tokens, commodities or certificates at rates equal to the equivalent cash fare or sold and accepted in accordance with the terms of an agreement previously approved by the county council and entered into with other public transportation providers in the region. In order to implement the consignment of fare media authorized under this chapter, the executive is authorized to enter into retail consignment contracts to pay commissions to outlets ((which)) that sell the fare media.
SECTION 73. K.C.C. 4.150.330 is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 74. K.C.C. 4.150.350, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 75. Ordinance 12643, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.150.350 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The executive is authorized to execute agreements with other transit agencies to establish a system of fare payment for passengers transferring between transportation systems. The agreements shall be subject to approval by the council to the extent the approval is required by the charter, ordinance or applicable state law, or any combination thereof. The agreements shall provide that the county's share of the fares collected for trips involving transfers between transit agencies shall be the estimated revenue collected for the trips multiplied by the ratio of the revenue that would have been generated by application of the county's appropriate fares or prorated per trip pass prices due under other provisions of this chapter for the county portions of these interagency trips divided by the sum of the revenue that would have been generated by the application of each agency's appropriate fares or prorated per trip pass prices for all segments of ((such)) the interagency trips.
SECTION 76. K.C.C. 4.150.410, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 77. Ordinance 12643, Section 13, and K.C.C. 4.150.410 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The executive is authorized to execute agreements with local, state and federal governmental entities to provide tickets ((and/))or passes, or both, to their employees or others traveling to their facilities at rates other than those set forth in this chapter((; provided, that)), but only if the usage by ((such)) the employees and others is not expected to require the addition of regularly scheduled public transportation services((; provided further, that such)) and the agreements are not estimated to reduce the revenue ((which)) that would otherwise be received for ((such)) the travel. ((Such)) The agreements shall be subject to approval by the council to the extent ((such)) the approval is required by the charter, ordinance ((and/))or applicable state law, or any combination thereof.
SECTION 78. K.C.C. 4.150.430, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 79. Ordinance 11962, Section 15, and K.C.C. 4.150.430 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
In order to increase the attractiveness of public transportation services and other alternatives to commuting in single-occupancy vehicles (((SOV))), there is hereby established a program under which the department, in return for a fee, may pay the taxi fare for ((non-SOV)) commuters who are not commuting in single-occupancy vehicles, who experience emergencies or other unanticipated events while at work or other designated locations and who are unable to return home in their usual commute mode. To the extent funds are appropriated by the council, the executive is authorized to enter into agreements with businesses, agencies, institutions and other organizations establishing the fee and other terms and conditions under which the department would pay the taxi fares of eligible persons employed by or otherwise associated with the organization. To the extent funds are appropriated by the council, the executive is further authorized to enter into agreements with providers of taxi service establishing the terms and conditions under which the department would pay the fares on behalf of eligible persons participating in the program.
SECTION 80. Section 83 of this ordinance expires July 1, 2012.
SECTION 81. K.C.C. 4.150.450, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 82. Ordinance 12643, Section 12, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.150.450 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The executive is authorized to execute agreements with public school districts to supply students with passes in connection with special school programs, but the price for passes under the agreements shall be established at a rate of thirty-six dollars for each month in which these passes are valid, and the passes shall be valued at the youth fare established in K.C.C. 4.150.010, as recodified by this ordinance, for rides on regularly scheduled county public transportation service on buses, trolleys, transit vans, dial-a-ride vehicles and streetcars.
SECTION 83. Section 86 of this ordinance takes effect July 1, 2012.
SECTION 84. K.C.C. 4.150.450, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 85. Ordinance 12643, Section 12, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.150.450 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The executive is authorized to execute agreements with public school districts to supply students with passes in connection with special school programs, but the price for passes under the agreements shall be established at a rate of thirty-six times the youth fare in K.C.C. 4.150.010, as recodified by this ordinance, for each month in which these passes are valid, and the passes shall be regional passes as defined in K.C.C. 4.150.010, as recodified by this ordinance.
SECTION 86. K.C.C. 4.150.470, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 87. Ordinance 11962, Section 16, and K.C.C. 4.150.470 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
In order to increase the attractiveness of public transportation services and other alternatives to commuting in single-occupancy vehicles (((SOV))), there is hereby established a program under which the department may sell transportation vouchers to businesses, agencies, institutions and other organizations for distribution to their employees or others. ((Said)) The vouchers shall be sold at their full face value and shall be redeemable in accordance with terms and conditions supportive of ((non-SOV)) commuting that is not single-occupancy vehicle committing, as established by the director. To the extent funds are appropriated by the council, the executive is authorized to enter into such agreements with banks, printers, employers, vendors and others as are necessary to implement the transportation voucher program.
SECTION 88. K.C.C. 4.150.510, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 89. Ordinance 12643, Section 22, and K.C.C. 4.150.510 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The administrative fee for the regional reduced fare permit for seniors and disabled persons shall be three dollars.
SECTION 90. K.C.C. 4.150.530, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 91. Ordinance 12643, Section 16, and K.C.C. 4.150.530 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
For the lease of a transit vehicle of the county for charter operation by others, the minimum rental shall be the marginal cost per service hour of ((such)) the vehicle's operation as established from time to time by the director plus ten percent thereof.
SECTION 92. K.C.C. 4.150.610, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.
SECTION 93. Ordinance 12643, Section 18, and K.C.C. 4.150.610 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
For the purpose of attracting new ridership, relieving congestion, developing market strategies, testing prices or experimental service, and implementing other special transit programs or promotions, the director may waive or discount the fare or pass prices otherwise established in this chapter whenever ((such)) the waiver or discount is not expected to require the addition of regularly scheduled public transportation services and, in the judgment of the director, the value of the program or promotion and the benefit to the public exceeds the expected loss of revenue. The loss in revenue of all such programs, promotions and fare discounts shall, in the aggregate, be no greater than (($350,000)) three hundred fifty thousand dollars annually.
SECTION 94. K.C.C. 4.150.630 and K.C.C. 4.150.910 are each hereby recodified as a new section in the new chapter established in section 54 of this ordinance.