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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2510
Introduced 2/17/2005, by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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625 ILCS 5/8-101 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 8-101 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, as part of proof of its financial responsibility, a contract carrier transporting employees in the course of their employment is required to verify hit and run and uninsured motor vehicle coverage and underinsured motor vehicle coverage in a total amount of not less than $250,000 per passenger.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2510 |
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LRB094 10981 DRH 41583 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 8-101 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/8-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 8-101)
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| Sec. 8-101. Proof of financial responsibility -
Persons who |
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| operate motor vehicles in
transportation of passengers for |
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| hire.
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| (a) It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to |
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| operate any motor
vehicle along or upon any public street or |
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| highway in any incorporated
city, town or village in this State |
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| for the carriage of passengers for
hire, accepting and |
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| discharging all such persons as may offer themselves
for |
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| transportation unless such person, firm or corporation has |
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| given, and
there is in full force and effect and on file with |
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| the Secretary of State
of Illinois, proof of financial |
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| responsibility provided in this Act. |
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| (b) In
addition this Section shall also apply to persons, |
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| firms or corporations
who are in the business of providing |
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| transportation services for minors to
or from educational or |
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| recreational facilities, except that this Section
shall not |
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| apply to public utilities subject to regulation under "An Act
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| concerning public utilities," approved June 29, 1921, as |
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| amended, or to
school buses which are operated by public or |
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| parochial schools and are
engaged solely in the transportation |
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| of the pupils who attend such schools.
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| (c) This Section also applies to a contract carrier |
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| transporting
employees in the course of their employment on a |
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| highway of this State in a
vehicle
designed to carry 15 or |
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| fewer passengers. As part of proof of financial responsibility, |
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| a contract carrier transporting employees in the course of |