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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 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 
8operate motor vehicles in
transportation of passengers for 
9hire.

10    (a) It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to 
11operate any motor
vehicle along or upon any public street or 
12highway in any incorporated
city, town or village in this State 
13for the carriage of passengers for
hire, accepting and 
14discharging all such persons as may offer themselves
for 
15transportation unless such person, firm or corporation has 
16given, and
there is in full force and effect and on file with 
17the Secretary of State
of Illinois, proof of financial 
18responsibility provided in this Act. 
19    (b) In
addition this Section shall also apply to persons, 
20firms or corporations
who are in the business of providing 
21transportation services for minors to
or from educational or 
22recreational facilities, except that this Section
shall not 
23apply to public utilities subject to regulation under "An Act

 
 
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1concerning public utilities," approved June 29, 1921, as 
2amended, or to
school buses which are operated by public or 
3parochial schools and are
engaged solely in the transportation 
4of the pupils who attend such schools.

5    (c) This Section also applies to a contract carrier 
6transporting
employees in the course of their employment on a 
7highway of this State in a
vehicle
designed to carry 15 or 
8fewer passengers.  As part of proof of financial responsibility, 
9a contract carrier transporting employees, including but not 
10limited to railroad employees, in the course of their 
11employment is required to verify hit and run and uninsured 
12motor vehicle coverage, as provided in Section 143a of the 
13Illinois Insurance Code, and underinsured motor vehicle 
14coverage, as provided in Section 143a-2 of the Illinois 
15Insurance Code, in a total  amount of not less than $500,000 
16$250,000 per passenger beginning on January 1, 2016, and not 
17less than $750,000 per passenger on and after January 1, 2020.
18    (d) This Section shall not apply to
any person 
19participating in a ridesharing
arrangement or operating a 
20commuter van, but only during the performance
of activities 
21authorized by the Ridesharing Arrangements Act.

22    (e) If the person operating such motor vehicle is not the 
23owner, then proof
of financial responsibility filed hereunder 
24must provide that the owner is
primarily liable.

25(Source: P.A. 94-319, eff. 1-1-06.)