| Chapter 149 |
| 2024 -- H 7510 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED Enacted 06/17/2024 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TAXICABS AND LIMITED PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLES |
Introduced By: Representatives Vella-Wilkinson, Batista, Baginski, Lima, Diaz, DeSimone, Fellela, Biah, Morales, and Fenton-Fung |
| Date Introduced: February 07, 2024 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Chapter 39-14 of the General Laws entitled "Taxicabs and Limited Public |
| Motor Vehicles" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
| 39-14-27. Rules governing transportation of passengers via taxicabs. |
| The following provisions shall govern the operation of taxicabs used to transport |
| passengers, notwithstanding any regulations to the contrary: |
| (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no taxicab shall operate beyond an |
| odometer reading of three hundred thousand (300,000) miles or ten (10) model years, whichever is |
| the first to occur. |
| (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no motor vehicle shall initially be |
| put in service as a taxicab if the vehicle is more than eight (8) model years old. |
| (3) An exception may be granted to subsections (1) and (2) of this section in cases involving |
| vehicles in extraordinary condition. The certificate holder may petition the administrator of the |
| division of public utilities and carriers (the "administrator") for an exemption from the |
| prohibitions provided in subsections (1) and (2) of this section. In order to be granted an exemption, |
| the petitioner shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the administrator, that the vehicle to be used |
| as a taxicab would be as acceptable to the public as the newer taxicabs mandated under the rules |
| and regulations of the division of public utilities and carriers; that the vehicle has few, if any, of |
| the interior and exterior wear signs concomitant with vehicles of that older vintage; and that the |
| vehicle appears and functions in relatively "original" condition. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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