HB4837 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4837

Introduced 2/8/2008, by Rep. Renée Kosel

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 55/5

Amends the Taxi Safety Act of 2007. Provides that a taxi driver must be 21 years of age or older, must have a valid Illinois driver's license, must have had a valid driver's license for at least 3 years, and must not have been convicted of certain offenses during the immediately preceding 3 year period. Also provides that if he or she, after becoming a taxi driver, is convicted of any of those offenses or ceases to be licensed, he or she must immediately cease operating a taxicab and the prohibition shall continue until specified conditions are met. Effective July 1, 2009.

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AN ACT concerning transportation.

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

Section 5. The Taxi Safety Act of 2007 is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(625 ILCS 55/5)

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

Sec. 5. Requirements for the operation of taxicabs.

(a) The taxi driver's picture, the taxi driver's license or registration number, and the taxicab medallion number or an exterior identification number must be posted in a visible location in each cab.

(b) There must be posted in a visible location in each taxicab a telephone number for a passenger to call if the taxi driver is operating the taxicab in a reckless manner.

(c) If a taxi driver collides with a pedestrian while operating a taxicab, resulting in bodily injury, then any responding law enforcement officers must test the taxi driver for drug and alcohol use.

(d) in addition to meeting any requirements that are imposed by a unit of local government, a taxi driver must meet all of the following requirements:

(1) He or she must be 21 years of age or older.

(2) He or she must have a valid Illinois driver's license.

(3) He or she must have had a valid driver's license during the immediately preceding 3 year period. If he or she, after becoming a taxi driver, ceases to have a valid driver's license, he or she must immediately cease operating a taxicab and the prohibition shall continue until a period of 3 years has elapsed during which he or she has had a valid driver's license.

(4) He or she must not have been convicted of any of the following offenses during the immediately preceding 3 year period: Section 11-401 (leaving the scene of a traffic accident involving death or personal injury), 11-501 (driving under the influence), 11-503 (reckless driving), 11-504 (drag racing), or 11-506 (street racing) of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or Section 9-3 (manslaughter or reckless homicide) or 12-5 (reckless conduct arising from the use of a motor vehicle) of the Criminal Code of 1961. If he or she, after becoming a taxi driver, is convicted of any of the offenses specified in this subdivision (4), he or she must immediately cease operating a taxicab and the prohibition shall continue until a period of 3 years has elapsed during which he or she has not been convicted of any of the offenses specified in this subdivision (4).

(Source: P.A. 95-598, eff. 6-1-08.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2009.