Bill Text: IL SB1681 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that 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 hit and run, uninsured, and underinsured motor vehicle coverage in an amount not less than $500,000 per passenger.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0458 [SB1681 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB1681-Chaptered.html
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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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