Establishes a fare-free youth transit program in Hawaii for children and youth, funded by taxes on petroleum and fossil fuels.
The bill establishes a fare-free youth transit program within the Department of Transportation to provide free transit services to children through age seventeen, high school students, and guardians accompanying elementary-age or younger children. The program aims to increase transit access, reduce household financial burdens, and support the state's emissions reduction goals. Funding will come from taxes on petroleum products and fossil fuels, with a portion of the tax revenue allocated to the fare-free youth transit program special fund.
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