Public Act 099-0799
 
SB2882 EnrolledLRB099 19802 AXK 44201 b


  
    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  

  
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
Section 8-101 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/8-101)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 8-101)



    Sec. 8-101. Proof of financial responsibility -
Persons who 
operate motor vehicles in
transportation of passengers for 
hire.

    (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

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.

    (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.
    (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.

    (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.

(Source: P.A. 94-319, eff. 1-1-06.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.