85R8047 SCL-F
By: Frullo H.B. No. 2550
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to motor vehicle liability insurance requirements for a
person providing passenger taxicab services in a municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 215.004, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
read as follows:
(b) The ordinance may include:
(1) regulation of the entry into the business of
providing passenger taxicab or limousine transportation services,
including controls, limits, or other restrictions on the total
number of persons providing the services;
(2) regulation of the rates charged for the provision
of the services;
(3) establishment of safety and insurance
requirements in addition to the insurance requirements described by
Subsection (b-1); and
(4) any other requirement adopted to ensure safe and
reliable passenger transportation service.
(b-1) The ordinance must require that a person providing
passenger taxicab services described by Subsection (a)(1) maintain
a motor vehicle liability insurance policy for the vehicle used to
provide taxicab services that:
(1) complies with Subchapter D, Chapter 601,
Transportation Code; and
(2) is issued by an insurance company that:
(A) is authorized to engage in the business of
insurance in this state or is an eligible surplus lines insurer
under Chapter 981, Insurance Code; and
(B) has a rating of A- or better by the A.M. Best
Company or a comparable rating determined by the commissioner of
insurance.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.