Title 39
Public Utilities and Carriers

Chapter 14
Taxicabs and Limited Public Motor Vehicles

R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-14-20

§ 39-14-20. Licensing of operators.

(a) No person shall operate a taxicab or limited public motor vehicle upon the public highways until the person shall have first obtained an operator’s license as provided for in chapter 10 of title 31.

(b) Further, no person shall operate a taxicab or limited public motor vehicle upon the highways until the person shall have first obtained a special license from the division of public utilities and carriers under such rules and regulations as the division of public utilities and carriers shall require.

History of Section.
P.L. 1929, ch. 1423, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 101, § 7; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 101, § 6; P.L. 1956, ch. 3830, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-14-20; P.L. 2003, ch. 423, § 1.