Text of House Bill 3412

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008

HB3412 (Click here for .pdf version for download)

Introduced 2/27/2007, by Rep. Renee Kosel

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act

Creates the Taxi Safety Act of 2007. Requires certain information to be posted in each taxicab. Provides that, if a taxi driver collides with a pedestrian while operating a taxicab, resulting in bodily injury, then any responding law enforcement officers must test the taxi driver for drug and alcohol use. Preempts home rule powers.          

HOME RULE NOTE
ACT MAY APPLY
AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Taxi
Safety Act of 2007.

Section 5. Requirements for the operation of taxicabs.

(a) The taxi driver's picture and any license or registration number must be posted in a visible location in each cab.
(b) There must be posted in a visible location in each
taxicab a telephone number for a passenger to call to if the
taxi driver is operating the taxicab in a reckless manner. Law
enforcement officers must respond to stop any taxicab if a
passenger calls from inside that taxicab.
(c) If a taxi driver collides with a pedestrian while
operating a taxicab, resulting in bodily injury, then any
responding law enforcement officers must test the taxi driver
for drug and alcohol use.

Section 20. Home rule.

A home rule unit may not regulate
the operation of taxicabs in a manner that is less restrictive
than the regulation by the State of the operation of taxicabs
under this Act. This Section is a limitation under subsection
(i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on
the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and
functions exercised by the State.