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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 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 
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operate motor vehicles in
transportation of passengers for 
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hire.

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    (a) It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to 
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operate any motor
vehicle along or upon any public street or 
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highway in any incorporated
city, town or village in this State 
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for the carriage of passengers for
hire, accepting and 
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discharging all such persons as may offer themselves
for 
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transportation unless such person, firm or corporation has 
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given, and
there is in full force and effect and on file with 
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the Secretary of State
of Illinois, proof of financial 
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responsibility provided in this Act. 
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    (b) In
addition this Section shall also apply to persons, 
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firms or corporations
who are in the business of providing 
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transportation services for minors to
or from educational or 
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recreational facilities, except that this Section
shall not 
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apply to public utilities subject to regulation under "An Act

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concerning public utilities," approved June 29, 1921, as 
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amended, or to
school buses which are operated by public or 
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parochial schools and are
engaged solely in the transportation 
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of the pupils who attend such schools.

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    (c) This Section also applies to a contract carrier 
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transporting
employees in the course of their employment on a 
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highway of this State in a
vehicle
designed to carry 15 or 
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fewer passengers.  As part of proof of financial responsibility, 
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a contract carrier transporting employees in the course of 
 


 






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their employment is required to verify hit and run and 
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uninsured motor vehicle coverage, as provided in Section 143a 
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of the Illinois Insurance Code, and underinsured motor vehicle 
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coverage, as provided in Section 143a-2 of the Illinois 
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Insurance Code, in a total  amount of not less than $250,000 per 
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passenger.
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    (d) This Section shall not apply to
any person 
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participating in a ridesharing
arrangement or operating a 
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commuter van, but only during the performance
of activities 
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authorized by the Ridesharing Arrangements Act.

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    (e) If the person operating such motor vehicle is not the 
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owner, then proof
of financial responsibility filed hereunder 
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must provide that the owner is
primarily liable.

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(Source: P.A. 92-108, eff. 1-1-02.)