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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 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 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
24 concerning public utilities," approved June 29, 1921, as
25 amended, or to school buses which are operated by public or
26 parochial schools and are engaged solely in the transportation
27 of the pupils who attend such schools.
28     (c) This Section also applies to a contract carrier
29 transporting employees in the course of their employment on a
30 highway of this State in a vehicle designed to carry 15 or
31 fewer passengers. As part of proof of financial responsibility,
32 a contract carrier transporting employees in the course of

 

 

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1 their employment is required to verify hit and run and
2 uninsured motor vehicle coverage, as provided in Section 143a
3 of the Illinois Insurance Code, and underinsured motor vehicle
4 coverage, as provided in Section 143a-2 of the Illinois
5 Insurance Code, in a total amount of not less than $250,000 per
6 passenger.
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. 92-108, eff. 1-1-02.)