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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1633
Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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625 ILCS 5/10-202 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 10-202 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an employer is not liable for injuries to passengers and other persons who are not employees (as well as not being liable for injuries to passenger and other persons who are employees) of the employer as a result of the use in a ridesharing arrangement of a car or van that is not owned, leased, or contracted for by the employer, regardless of whether or not the employer encourages his or her employees to participate in ridesharing arrangements.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1633 |
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LRB095 09688 DRH 29890 b |
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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 |
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| Section 10-202 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/10-202) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 10-202)
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| Sec. 10-202. Liability of employer in regard to |
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| ridesharing. (a) An employer
shall not be liable for injuries |
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| to passengers and other persons, including passengers and other |
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| persons who are not employees of the employer, resulting
from |
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| the operation
or use of a passenger car or commuter van
in a |
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| ridesharing arrangement which is not owned, leased, contracted |
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| for
or driven by the employer, and for which the employer has |
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| not paid wages
to an employee for services rendered in driving |
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| the vehicle, provided, that
wages shall not
include a portion |
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| of the fares collected by the driver and shall not include
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| expenses for gasoline or passenger car or commuter van repairs.
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| (b) An employer shall not be liable for injuries to |
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| passengers and other
persons, including passengers and other |
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| persons who are not employees of the employer, because he or |
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| she provides information, incentives or otherwise encourages
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| his or her employees to participate in ridesharing |
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| arrangements.
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