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| Public Act 100-0458 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||
Section 8-101 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/8-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 8-101)
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Sec. 8-101. Proof of financial responsibility -
Persons who | ||||
operate motor vehicles in
transportation of passengers for | ||||
hire.
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(a) It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to | ||||
operate any motor
vehicle along or upon any public street or | ||||
highway in any incorporated
city, town or village in this State | ||||
for the carriage of passengers for
hire, accepting and | ||||
discharging all such persons as may offer themselves
for | ||||
transportation unless such person, firm or corporation has | ||||
given, and
there is in full force and effect and on file with | ||||
the Secretary of State
of Illinois, proof of financial | ||||
responsibility provided in this Act. | ||||
(b) In
addition this Section shall also apply to persons, | ||||
firms or corporations
who are in the business of providing | ||||
transportation services for minors to
or from educational or | ||||
recreational facilities, except that this Section
shall not | ||||
apply to public utilities subject to regulation under "An Act
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concerning public utilities," approved June 29, 1921, as | ||
amended, or to
school buses which are operated by public or | ||
parochial schools and are
engaged solely in the transportation | ||
of the pupils who attend such schools.
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(c) This Section also applies to a contract carrier | ||
transporting
employees in the course of their employment on a | ||
highway of this State in a
vehicle
designed to carry 15 or | ||
fewer passengers. As part of proof of financial responsibility, | ||
a contract carrier transporting employees, including but not | ||
limited to railroad employees, in the course of their | ||
employment is required to verify hit and run and uninsured | ||
motor vehicle coverage, as provided in Section 143a of the | ||
Illinois Insurance Code, and underinsured motor vehicle | ||
coverage, as provided in Section 143a-2 of the Illinois | ||
Insurance Code, in a total amount of not less than $250,000 per | ||
passenger, except that beginning on January 1, 2017 the total | ||
amount shall be not less than $500,000 per passenger. Each rail | ||
carrier that contracts with a contract carrier for the | ||
transportation of its employees in the course of their | ||
employment shall verify that the contract carrier has the | ||
minimum insurance coverage required under this subsection (c). | ||
(d) This Section shall not apply to
any person | ||
participating in a ridesharing
arrangement or operating a | ||
commuter van, but only during the performance
of activities | ||
authorized by the Ridesharing Arrangements Act.
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(e) If the person operating such motor vehicle is not the | ||
owner, then proof
of financial responsibility filed hereunder | ||
must provide that the owner is
primarily liable.
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(Source: P.A. 99-799, eff. 8-12-16.)
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