General Assembly Raised Bill No. 66
February Session, 2010 LCO No. 436
*00436_______HS_*
Referred to Committee on Human Services
Introduced by:
(HS)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 66
February Session, 2010
LCO No. 436
*00436_______HS_*
Referred to Committee on Human Services
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING EXPANSION OF THE LIVERY LICENSE EXEMPTION TO INCLUDE COMMUNITY-BASED REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 13b-101 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2010):
The term "motor vehicle in livery service" includes every motor vehicle used by any person, association, limited liability company or corporation which represents itself to be in the business of transporting passengers for hire, except (1) any motor bus and any taxicab operated under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Department of Transportation, (2) any school bus, as defined in section 14-275, or student transportation vehicle, as defined in section 14-212, when used for the transportation of children under the age of twenty-one years, (3) any school bus, as defined in section 14-275, when used for the transportation of passengers (A) by virtue of a contract with any public or private institution of higher education, (B) pursuant to a contract for service to a special event held at a location or facility which is not open for business on a daily basis throughout the year, not to exceed a period of ten days, or (C) pursuant to a contract with a municipality for which the carrier provides school transportation service, [and] (4) any motor vehicle operated by or through a community-based regional transportation system for the elderly established pursuant to section 55 of public act 05-280*, and (5) any motor vehicle operated by or through a community-based regional transportation system for the visually impaired.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2010 13b-101
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2010
13b-101
Statement of Purpose:
To exempt community-based regional transportation services for the visually impaired from livery license requirements.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]