HB1633 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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:

625 ILCS 5/10-202

from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 10-202

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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Section 10-202 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/10-202) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 10-202)

Sec. 10-202. Liability of employer in regard to ridesharing. (a) An employer shall not be liable for injuries to passengers and other persons, including passengers and other persons who are not employees of the employer, resulting from the operation or use of a passenger car or commuter van in a ridesharing arrangement which is not owned, leased, contracted for or driven by the employer, and for which the employer has not paid wages to an employee for services rendered in driving the vehicle, provided, that wages shall not include a portion of the fares collected by the driver and shall not include expenses for gasoline or passenger car or commuter van repairs.

(b) An employer shall not be liable for injuries to passengers and other persons, including passengers and other persons who are not employees of the employer, because he or she provides information, incentives or otherwise encourages his or her employees to participate in ridesharing arrangements.

(Source: P.A. 83-1091.)