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| Public Act 100-0458
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| SB1681 Enrolled | LRB100 09626 AXK 19795 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 |
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 |