| Chapter 215 |
| 2015 -- S 0696 Enacted 07/10/2015 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - TAXICABS AND LIMITED PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLES |
| Introduced By: Senator Louis P. DiPalma |
| Date Introduced: March 18, 2015 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 39-14-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-14 entitled "Taxicabs |
| and Limited Public Motor Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 39-14-9. Vehicles to be operated by owner or employee -- Assignment or lease of |
| rights. -- No taxicab or limited public motor vehicle subject to the provisions of this chapter shall |
| be operated except by the owner or an employee of the owner, and it shall be unlawful for the |
| owner of any taxicab or limited public motor vehicle to enter into any contract, agreement, |
| arrangement, or understanding, express or implied, with an operator thereof, by the terms of |
| which the operator pays to or for the account of the owner a fixed or determinable sum for the use |
| of the taxicab or limited public motor vehicle unless the contract, agreement, arrangement, or |
| understanding, express or implied, has been approved by the division. Every person proposing to |
| enter into a contract, agreement, arrangement, or understanding, whereby the owner of a taxicab |
| or limited public motor vehicle leases or otherwise lets a taxicab or limited public motor vehicle |
| to an operator, shall file with the administrator, in the form to be provided by him or her, an |
| application for approval of the agreement. The division shall, upon written application setting |
| forth the purpose, terms, and conditions of the lease agreement, after investigation, approve or |
| deny the request. The lease agreement shall be approved by the administrator if, after |
| investigation, the applicant operator is found to be fit, willing, and able to perform the authorized |
| service and to conform to the provisions of this chapter and the requirements, orders, rules, and |
| regulations of the administrator thereunder; provided, however, that any lease agreement may |
| only be entered into on a vehicle or vehicles, and the certificate or certificates issued pertaining to |
| the vehicle or vehicles which has been operating and actively and continuously engaged in the |
| conduct of business on a daily basis for twelve (12) months prior to the date of application. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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