Sec. 13b-107. (Formerly Sec. 16-328). Carrying passengers for hire in private vehicles.
Sec. 13b-107. (Formerly Sec. 16-328). Carrying passengers for hire in private
vehicles. (a) Any person, while operating a passenger motor vehicle registered in this
state between his place of residence and his place of employment, may carry for reasonable compensation not more than five other persons regularly employed in the locality
of such person's place of employment without obtaining a livery license or a permit
from the Department of Transportation.
(b) Any corporation or employee of such corporation may operate one or more
vanpool vehicles each having a seating capacity of not more than fifteen passengers for
the purpose of transporting persons to and from their place of employment without
obtaining a livery license or permit from the Department of Transportation.
(1949 Rev., S. 5729; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; 75-611, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 79-244, S. 4; P.A. 80-372,
S. 5; 80-482, S. 159, 348.)
History: P.A. 75-486 substituted "public utilities control authority" for "commission", i.e. public utilities commission,
effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 75-611 incorporated existing section into new Subsec. (a), deleted provision that more
than one round trip per day constitutes violation, added new Subsec. (b) providing that any corporation or its employees
may operate one or more motor vehicles having seating capacity of not more than fifteen to transport personnel to and
from place of employment without obtaining license permit from the commission; P.A. 77-614 replaced "public utilities
control authority" with "division of public utility control within the department of business regulation", effective January
1, 1979; P.A. 79-244 substituted in Subsec. (b) "vanpool" for "motor" before "vehicle"; P.A. 80-372 substituted "department
of transportation" for the "division of public utility control within the department of business regulation"; P.A. 80-482
would have substituted "department of public utility control" for "division of public utility control within the department
of business regulation" but P.A. 80-372 amendments given precedence; in 1981 Sec. 16-328 transferred to Sec. 13b-107.