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Rep. Jay Hoffman
Filed: 5/11/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 879
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 879 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 8-101 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/8-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 8-101)
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| 7 | | Sec. 8-101. Proof of financial responsibility; persons who |
| 8 | | operate motor vehicles in
transportation of passengers for |
| 9 | | hire.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 100-458, eff. 1-1-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)".
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