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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | 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 State |
| 13 | | 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 |
| 17 | | the Secretary of State
of Illinois, proof of financial |
| 18 | | responsibility provided in this Act. |
| 19 | | (b) In
addition this Section shall also apply to persons, |
| 20 | | firms or corporations
who are in the business of providing |
| 21 | | transportation services for minors to
or from educational or |
| 22 | | recreational facilities, except that this Section
shall not |
| 23 | | apply to public utilities subject to regulation under "An Act
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| 1 | | concerning public utilities," approved June 29, 1921, as |
| 2 | | amended, or to
school buses which are operated by public or |
| 3 | | parochial schools and are
engaged solely in the transportation |
| 4 | | of the pupils who attend such schools.
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| 5 | | (c) This Section also applies to a contract carrier |
| 6 | | transporting
employees in the course of their employment on a |
| 7 | | highway of this State in a
vehicle
designed to carry 15 or |
| 8 | | fewer passengers. As part of proof of financial responsibility, |
| 9 | | a contract carrier transporting employees, including but not |
| 10 | | limited to railroad employees, in the course of their |
| 11 | | employment is required to verify hit and run and uninsured |
| 12 | | motor vehicle coverage, as provided in Section 143a of the |
| 13 | | Illinois Insurance Code, and underinsured motor vehicle |
| 14 | | coverage, as provided in Section 143a-2 of the Illinois |
| 15 | | Insurance Code, in a total amount of not less than $250,000 per |
| 16 | | passenger, except that beginning on January 1, 2017 the total |
| 17 | | amount shall be not less than $500,000 per passenger. Each rail |
| 18 | | carrier that contracts with a contract carrier for the |
| 19 | | transportation of its employees in the course of their |
| 20 | | employment shall verify that the contract carrier has the |
| 21 | | minimum insurance coverage required under this subsection (c). |
| 22 | | (d) This Section shall not apply to
any person |
| 23 | | participating in a ridesharing
arrangement or operating a |
| 24 | | commuter van, but only during the performance
of activities |
| 25 | | authorized by the Ridesharing Arrangements Act.
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| 26 | | (e) If the person operating such motor vehicle is not the |