Bill Text: IL HB2231 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Further amends the Transportation Network Providers Act. Extends the Act's repeal date from September 1, 2023 to September 1, 2028. Provides that a provision which specifies that TNCs and TNC drivers are not common carriers, contract carriers, or motor carriers and do not provide taxicab or for-hire vehicle service becomes inoperative January 1, 2024. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 56-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0527 [HB2231 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2231-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 103-0527
HB2231 Enrolled LRB103 05226 HEP 50244 b
AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Transportation Network Providers Act is
amended by changing Sections 25 and 34 as follows:
(625 ILCS 57/25)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on September 1, 2023)
Sec. 25. Safety.
(a) The TNC shall implement a zero tolerance policy on the
use of drugs or alcohol while a TNC driver is providing TNC
services or is logged into the TNC's digital network but is not
providing TNC services.
(b) The TNC shall provide notice of the zero tolerance
policy on its website, as well as procedures to report a
complaint about a driver with whom a passenger was matched and
whom the passenger reasonably suspects was under the influence
of drugs or alcohol during the course of the trip.
(c) Upon receipt of a passenger's complaint alleging a
violation of the zero tolerance policy, the TNC shall
immediately suspend the TNC driver's access to the TNC's
digital platform, and shall conduct an investigation into the
reported incident. The suspension shall last the duration of
the investigation.

(d) The TNC shall require that any motor vehicle that a TNC
driver will use to provide TNC services meets vehicle safety
and emissions requirements for a private motor vehicle in this
State.
(e) TNCs or TNC drivers are not common carriers, contract
carriers or motor carriers, as defined by applicable State
law, nor do they provide taxicab or for-hire vehicle service.
This subsection (e) is inoperative on and after January 1,
2024.
(Source: Reenacted by P.A. 101-660, eff. 4-2-21.)
(625 ILCS 57/34)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on September 1, 2023)
Sec. 34. Repeal. This Act is repealed on September 1, 2028
2023.
(Source: P.A. 101-639, eff. 6-12-20. Reenacted by P.A.
101-660, eff. 4-2-21. P.A. 102-7, eff. 5-28-21; 102-1109, eff.
12-21-22.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.