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LC004907/SUB A | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TAXICABS AND LIMITED | |
PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Quezada, and Acosta | |
Date Introduced: February 12, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Commerce | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 39-14 of the General Laws entitled "Taxicabs and Limited Public |
2 | Motor Vehicles" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 39-14-27. Rules governing transportation of passengers via taxicabs. |
4 | The following provisions shall govern the operation of taxicabs used to transport |
5 | passengers, notwithstanding any regulations to the contrary: |
6 | (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no taxicab shall operate beyond an |
7 | odometer reading of three hundred thousand (300,000) miles or ten (10) model years, whichever is |
8 | the first to occur. |
9 | (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no motor vehicle shall initially be |
10 | put in service as a taxicab if the vehicle is more than eight (8) model years old. |
11 | (3) An exception may be granted to subsections (1) and (2) of this section in cases involving |
12 | vehicles in extraordinary condition. The certificate holder may petition the administrator of the |
13 | division of public utilities (the "administrator") for an exemption from the prohibitions provided in |
14 | subsections (1) and (2) of this section. In order to be granted an exemption, the petitioner shall |
15 | demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the administrator, that the vehicle to be used as a taxicab would |
16 | be as acceptable to the public as the newer taxicabs mandated under the rules and regulations of |
17 | the division of public utilities; that the vehicle has few, if any, of the interior and exterior wear |
18 | signs concomitant with vehicles of that older vintage; and that the vehicle appears and functions in |
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1 | relatively "original" condition. |
2 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TAXICABS AND LIMITED | |
PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLES | |
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1 | This act would amend requirements regarding how taxicabs can be placed into service. |
2 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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