Chapter 215
2015 -- S 0696
Enacted 07/10/2015

A N   A C T
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - TAXICABS AND LIMITED PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLES

Introduced By: Senator Louis P. DiPalma
Date Introduced: March 18, 2015

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
     SECTION 1. Section 39-14-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-14 entitled "Taxicabs
and Limited Public Motor Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows:
     39-14-9. Vehicles to be operated by owner or employee -- Assignment or lease of
rights. -- No taxicab or limited public motor vehicle subject to the provisions of this chapter shall
be operated except by the owner or an employee of the owner, and it shall be unlawful for the
owner of any taxicab or limited public motor vehicle to enter into any contract, agreement,
arrangement, or understanding, express or implied, with an operator thereof, by the terms of
which the operator pays to or for the account of the owner a fixed or determinable sum for the use
of the taxicab or limited public motor vehicle unless the contract, agreement, arrangement, or
understanding, express or implied, has been approved by the division. Every person proposing to
enter into a contract, agreement, arrangement, or understanding, whereby the owner of a taxicab
or limited public motor vehicle leases or otherwise lets a taxicab or limited public motor vehicle
to an operator, shall file with the administrator, in the form to be provided by him or her, an
application for approval of the agreement. The division shall, upon written application setting
forth the purpose, terms, and conditions of the lease agreement, after investigation, approve or
deny the request. The lease agreement shall be approved by the administrator if, after
investigation, the applicant operator is found to be fit, willing, and able to perform the authorized
service and to conform to the provisions of this chapter and the requirements, orders, rules, and
regulations of the administrator thereunder; provided, however, that any lease agreement may
only be entered into on a vehicle or vehicles, and the certificate or certificates issued pertaining to
the vehicle or vehicles which has been operating and actively and continuously engaged in the
conduct of business on a daily basis for twelve (12) months prior to the date of application.
     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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