2016 -- S 2789 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - TAXICABS AND LIMITED | |
PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLES | |
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Introduced By: Senator Louis P. DiPalma | |
Date Introduced: March 23, 2016 | |
Referred To: Senate Commerce | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 39-14-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-14 entitled "Taxicabs |
2 | and Limited Public Motor Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 39-14-11. Penalties for violations. -- (a) Any person or the officers of any association or |
4 | corporation who shall violate any provision of §§ 39-14-1 -- 39-14-17, 39-14-20(b), 39-14-25 and |
5 | 39-14-26, or any order, rule, or regulation adopted or established under any provision, shall be |
6 | fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisoned not more than sixty (60) days or |
7 | both, and his or her certificate may be revoked, and the violation shall be a separate and distinct |
8 | offense for each day during which it shall continue. |
9 | (b) The administrator may in his or her discretion, in addition to seeking criminal |
10 | sanctions, impose upon its regulated taxicabs and limited public motor vehicles an administrative |
11 | civil penalty (fine) in addition to revoking or suspending the taxicab's and limited public motor |
12 | vehicle's operating authority as conferred under this chapter. The fine shall not exceed one |
13 | thousand dollars ($1,000) per each violation of the sections contained in this chapter or the |
14 | division's orders, rules and regulations issued and promulgated thereunder. |
15 | (c) Nothing herein shall preclude an authorized certificate holder under chapter 14 of title |
16 | 39 from pursuing a private cause of action for damages at law and in equity, against any person, |
17 | firm, corporation, or the officers of any association or corporation who shall violate any |
18 | provisions of §§39-14-1 through 39-14-17, 39-14-20(b), 39-14-25 and 39-14-26, or any order, |
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1 | rule, or regulation adopted or established under any provision, by the division of public utilities |
2 | and carriers and the administrator. |
3 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - TAXICABS AND LIMITED | |
PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLES | |
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1 | This act would expressly permit for a private cause of action by an existing certificate |
2 | holder under chapter 14 of title 39 against any party operating in violation of and/or the division |
3 | rules governing the transportation of passengers via taxicabs and limited public motor vehicles. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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