Full Text of HB0439 99th General Assembly
HB0439eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 8-101 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/8-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 8-101)
| 7 | | Sec. 8-101. Proof of financial responsibility -
Persons who | 8 | | operate motor vehicles in
transportation of passengers for | 9 | | hire.
| 10 | | (a) It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to | 11 | | operate any motor
vehicle along or upon any public street or | 12 | | highway in any incorporated
city, town or village in this State | 13 | | for the carriage of passengers for
hire, accepting and | 14 | | discharging all such persons as may offer themselves
for | 15 | | transportation unless such person, firm or corporation has | 16 | | given, and
there is in full force and effect and on file with | 17 | | the Secretary of State
of Illinois, proof of financial | 18 | | responsibility provided in this Act. | 19 | | (b) In
addition this Section shall also apply to persons, | 20 | | firms or corporations
who are in the business of providing | 21 | | transportation services for minors to
or from educational or | 22 | | recreational facilities, except that this Section
shall not | 23 | | apply to public utilities subject to regulation under "An Act
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| 1 | | concerning public utilities," approved June 29, 1921, as | 2 | | amended, or to
school buses which are operated by public or | 3 | | parochial schools and are
engaged solely in the transportation | 4 | | of the pupils who attend such schools.
| 5 | | (c) This Section also applies to a contract carrier | 6 | | transporting
employees in the course of their employment on a | 7 | | highway of this State in a
vehicle
designed to carry 15 or | 8 | | fewer passengers. As part of proof of financial responsibility, | 9 | | a contract carrier transporting employees , including but not | 10 | | limited to railroad employees, in the course of their | 11 | | employment is required to verify hit and run and uninsured | 12 | | motor vehicle coverage, as provided in Section 143a of the | 13 | | Illinois Insurance Code, and underinsured motor vehicle | 14 | | coverage, as provided in Section 143a-2 of the Illinois | 15 | | Insurance Code, in a total amount of not less than $500,000 | 16 | | $250,000 per passenger beginning on January 1, 2016, and not | 17 | | less than $750,000 per passenger on and after January 1, 2020 . | 18 | | (d) This Section shall not apply to
any person | 19 | | participating in a ridesharing
arrangement or operating a | 20 | | commuter van, but only during the performance
of activities | 21 | | authorized by the Ridesharing Arrangements Act.
| 22 | | (e) If the person operating such motor vehicle is not the | 23 | | owner, then proof
of financial responsibility filed hereunder | 24 | | must provide that the owner is
primarily liable.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 94-319, eff. 1-1-06.)
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