Bill Amendment: IL HB0879 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Status: 2024-04-19 - House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0879 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB0879-House_Amendment_002.html

Rep. Jay Hoffman

Filed: 5/11/2023

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 879
2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 879 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing 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
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
13State for 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

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1the Secretary of State of Illinois, proof of financial
2responsibility provided in this Act.
3 (b) In addition this Section shall also apply to persons,
4firms, or corporations who are in the business of providing
5transportation services for minors to or from educational or
6recreational facilities, except that this Section shall not
7apply to public utilities subject to regulation under the
8Public Utilities Act or to school buses which are operated by
9public or parochial schools and are engaged solely in the
10transportation of the pupils who attend such schools.
11 (c) This Section also applies to a contract carrier
12transporting employees in the course of their employment on a
13highway of this State in a vehicle designed to carry 15 or
14fewer passengers. As part of proof of financial
15responsibility, a contract carrier transporting employees,
16including, but not limited to, railroad employees, in the
17course of their employment is required to verify hit and run
18and uninsured motor vehicle coverage, as provided in Section
19143a of the Illinois Insurance Code, and underinsured motor
20vehicle coverage, as provided in Section 143a-2 of the
21Illinois Insurance Code, in a total amount of not less than
22$250,000 per passenger, except that beginning on January 1,
232017 the total amount shall be not less than $500,000 per
24passenger. Each rail carrier that contracts with a contract
25carrier for the transportation of its employees in the course
26of their employment shall verify that the contract carrier has

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1the minimum insurance coverage required under this subsection
2(c). If an insurance policy is issued and it does not comply
3with the provisions of this Section, the policy shall be
4reformed and amended to comply with the requirements set forth
5herein for hit and run, uninsured, and underinsured motor
6vehicle coverage.
7 (d) This Section shall not apply to any person
8participating in a ridesharing arrangement or operating a
9commuter van, but only during the performance of activities
10authorized by the Ridesharing Arrangements Act.
11 (e) If the person operating such motor vehicle is not the
12owner, then proof of financial responsibility filed hereunder
13must provide that the owner is primarily liable.
14(Source: P.A. 100-458, eff. 1-1-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)".
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