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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 Transportation Network Providers Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Sections 5 and 25 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (625 ILCS 57/5) | ||||||
| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
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| 8 | Sec. 5. Definitions. | ||||||
| 9 | "Transportation network company" or "TNC" means an entity | ||||||
| 10 | operating in this State that uses a digital network or | ||||||
| 11 | software application service to connect passengers to | ||||||
| 12 | transportation network company services provided by | ||||||
| 13 | transportation network company drivers. A TNC is not deemed to | ||||||
| 14 | own, control, operate, or manage the vehicles used by TNC | ||||||
| 15 | drivers, and is not a taxicab association or a for-hire | ||||||
| 16 | vehicle owner. | ||||||
| 17 | "Transportation network company driver" or "TNC driver" | ||||||
| 18 | means an individual who operates a motor vehicle that is: | ||||||
| 19 | (1) owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by | ||||||
| 20 | the individual; | ||||||
| 21 | (2) not a taxicab or for-hire public passenger | ||||||
| 22 | vehicle; and | ||||||
| 23 | (3) used to provide transportation network company | ||||||
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| 1 | services. | ||||||
| 2 | "Transportation network company services" or "TNC | ||||||
| 3 | services" means transportation of a passenger between points | ||||||
| 4 | chosen by the passenger and prearranged with a TNC driver | ||||||
| 5 | through the use of a TNC digital network or software | ||||||
| 6 | application. TNC services shall begin when a TNC driver | ||||||
| 7 | accepts a request for transportation received through the | ||||||
| 8 | TNC's digital network or software application service, | ||||||
| 9 | continue while the TNC driver transports the passenger in the | ||||||
| 10 | TNC driver's vehicle, and end when the passenger exits the TNC | ||||||
| 11 | driver's vehicle. TNC service is not a taxicab, for-hire | ||||||
| 12 | vehicle, or street hail service.
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| 13 | (Source: Reenacted by P.A. 101-660, eff. 4-2-21.) | ||||||
| 14 | (625 ILCS 57/25) | ||||||
| 15 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
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| 16 | Sec. 25. Safety. | ||||||
| 17 | (a) The TNC shall implement a zero tolerance policy on the | ||||||
| 18 | use of drugs or alcohol while a TNC driver is providing TNC | ||||||
| 19 | services or is logged into the TNC's digital network but is not | ||||||
| 20 | providing TNC services. | ||||||
| 21 | (b) The TNC shall provide notice of the zero tolerance | ||||||
| 22 | policy on its website, as well as procedures to report a | ||||||
| 23 | complaint about a driver with whom a passenger was matched and | ||||||
| 24 | whom the passenger reasonably suspects was under the influence | ||||||
| 25 | of drugs or alcohol during the course of the trip. | ||||||
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| 1 | (c) Upon receipt of a passenger's complaint alleging a | ||||||
| 2 | violation of the zero tolerance policy, the TNC shall | ||||||
| 3 | immediately suspend the TNC driver's access to the TNC's | ||||||
| 4 | digital platform, and shall conduct an investigation into the | ||||||
| 5 | reported incident. The suspension shall last the duration of | ||||||
| 6 | the investigation. | ||||||
| 7 | (d) The TNC shall require that any motor vehicle that a TNC | ||||||
| 8 | driver will use to provide TNC services meets vehicle safety | ||||||
| 9 | and emissions requirements for a private motor vehicle in this | ||||||
| 10 | State. | ||||||
| 11 | (e) (Blank). TNCs or TNC drivers are not common carriers, | ||||||
| 12 | contract carriers or motor carriers, as defined by applicable | ||||||
| 13 | State law, nor do they provide taxicab or for-hire vehicle | ||||||
| 14 | service.
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| 15 | (Source: Reenacted by P.A. 101-660, eff. 4-2-21.)
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| 16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 17 | becoming law.
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