Full Text of HB0879 103rd General Assembly
HB0879ham002 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Jay Hoffman Filed: 5/11/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 879
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 879 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 5 | | changing 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 | 8 | | operate motor vehicles in
transportation of passengers for | 9 | | hire.
| 10 | | (a) It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to | 11 | | operate any motor
vehicle along or upon any public street or | 12 | | highway in any incorporated
city, town, or village in this | 13 | | State for the carriage of passengers for
hire, accepting and | 14 | | discharging all such persons as may offer themselves
for | 15 | | transportation unless such person, firm, or corporation has | 16 | | given, and
there is in full force and effect and on file with |
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| 1 | | the Secretary of State
of Illinois, proof of financial | 2 | | responsibility provided in this Act. | 3 | | (b) In
addition this Section shall also apply to persons, | 4 | | firms, or corporations
who are in the business of providing | 5 | | transportation services for minors to
or from educational or | 6 | | recreational facilities, except that this Section
shall not | 7 | | apply to public utilities subject to regulation under the | 8 | | Public Utilities Act or to
school buses which are operated by | 9 | | public or parochial schools and are
engaged solely in the | 10 | | transportation of the pupils who attend such schools.
| 11 | | (c) This Section also applies to a contract carrier | 12 | | transporting
employees in the course of their employment on a | 13 | | highway of this State in a
vehicle
designed to carry 15 or | 14 | | fewer passengers. As part of proof of financial | 15 | | responsibility, a contract carrier transporting employees, | 16 | | including, but not limited to, railroad employees, in the | 17 | | course of their employment is required to verify hit and run | 18 | | and uninsured motor vehicle coverage, as provided in Section | 19 | | 143a of the Illinois Insurance Code, and underinsured motor | 20 | | vehicle coverage, as provided in Section 143a-2 of the | 21 | | Illinois Insurance Code, in a total amount of not less than | 22 | | $250,000 per passenger, except that beginning on January 1, | 23 | | 2017 the total amount shall be not less than $500,000 per | 24 | | passenger. Each rail carrier that contracts with a contract | 25 | | carrier for the transportation of its employees in the course | 26 | | of their employment shall verify that the contract carrier has |
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| 1 | | the minimum insurance coverage required under this subsection | 2 | | (c). If an insurance policy is issued and it does not comply | 3 | | with the provisions of this Section, the policy shall be | 4 | | reformed and amended to comply with the requirements set forth | 5 | | herein for hit and run, uninsured, and underinsured motor | 6 | | vehicle coverage. | 7 | | (d) This Section shall not apply to
any person | 8 | | participating in a ridesharing
arrangement or operating a | 9 | | commuter van, but only during the performance
of activities | 10 | | authorized by the Ridesharing Arrangements Act.
| 11 | | (e) If the person operating such motor vehicle is not the | 12 | | owner, then proof
of financial responsibility filed hereunder | 13 | | must provide that the owner is
primarily liable.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 100-458, eff. 1-1-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)".
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