HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 6536-1973 - Approving Passenger Fares By Lbk Transit Corporation - 01/11/1973ORDINANCE NO.. 6536
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING PASSENGER FARES ESTABLISHED BY
LUBBOCK TRANSIT CORPORATION.
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it would be in the best
erest of the citizens of the City of Lubbock to provide a reduced fare for our
enior citizens and handicapped citizens who wish to ride the buses operated by t
ck Transit O>rporation; NOW THEREFORE
THAT the changes in passenger fares to be charged by Lubbock
Corporation, as set forth below, BE, and are hereby approved:
Senior citizen and handicapped citizen fare: 30t
Senior citizen and handicapped citizen transfer: 5f_
Senior Citizen: Applicable to all passengers sixty-five (65) years of ag•
or older upon proof of age, such as driver1s license, medicare card or
identification card furnished by Lubbock Transit Corporation.
Handicapped Citizen: Persons with a permanent physical infirmity or
incapacity, such as: blindness, loss of leg or arm, paralytic, persons
permanently aided by a cane. crutches, braces or wheelchair.
The determination of qualification for handicapped person fare shall
be made by the City-Courty Health Department or any medical doctor
An identification card shall be issued by Lubbock Transit CorporatioJ
upon showing of such qualification.
SECTION 2. THAT Ordinance 6448 shall remain in effect and the rates appr•
in Section 1 above shall be in addition to the approved fares set out in Ordinan
448.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
sed by the Council on first reading this 11th day of _..,J~anu.:ua-..rt..JY~---' 197
assed by the Council on second reading this 25th day of January , 197
~-~·~-ORRIS W. TURNER, MAYOR