Rep. Jay Hoffman

Filed: 5/23/2016

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2882

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2882 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Section 8-101 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/8-101)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 8-101)
7    Sec. 8-101. Proof of financial responsibility - Persons who
8operate motor vehicles in transportation of passengers for
9hire.
10    (a) It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
11operate any motor vehicle along or upon any public street or
12highway in any incorporated city, town or village in this State
13for the carriage of passengers for hire, accepting and
14discharging all such persons as may offer themselves for
15transportation unless such person, firm or corporation has
16given, and there is in full force and effect and on file with

 

 

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1the Secretary of State of Illinois, proof of financial
2responsibility provided in this Act.
3    (b) In addition this Section shall also apply to persons,
4firms or corporations who are in the business of providing
5transportation services for minors to or from educational or
6recreational facilities, except that this Section shall not
7apply to public utilities subject to regulation under "An Act
8concerning public utilities," approved June 29, 1921, as
9amended, or to school buses which are operated by public or
10parochial schools and are engaged solely in the transportation
11of the pupils who attend such schools.
12    (c) This Section also applies to a contract carrier
13transporting employees in the course of their employment on a
14highway of this State in a vehicle designed to carry 15 or
15fewer passengers. As part of proof of financial responsibility,
16a contract carrier transporting employees, including but not
17limited to railroad employees, in the course of their
18employment is required to verify hit and run and uninsured
19motor vehicle coverage, as provided in Section 143a of the
20Illinois Insurance Code, and underinsured motor vehicle
21coverage, as provided in Section 143a-2 of the Illinois
22Insurance Code, in a total amount of not less than $250,000 per
23passenger, except that beginning on January 1, 2017 the total
24amount shall be not less than $500,000 per passenger.
25    (d) This Section shall not apply to any person
26participating in a ridesharing arrangement or operating a

 

 

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1commuter van, but only during the performance of activities
2authorized by the Ridesharing Arrangements Act.
3    (e) If the person operating such motor vehicle is not the
4owner, then proof of financial responsibility filed hereunder
5must provide that the owner is primarily liable.
6(Source: P.A. 94-319, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.".