Rhode Island General Laws 39-14-16. Posting of schedule of fares
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The owner of every taxicab or limited public motor vehicle shall post in a conspicuous place, in each of the taxicabs or limited public motor vehicles owned by him or her, a schedule of the fares to be collected from the passengers therein, and the schedule shall be so written and arranged that the passengers can readily determine the exact fare payable by them, and it shall be unlawful to collect any fare otherwise than as appearing on and determinable from the schedule.
History of Section.
P.L. 1929, ch. 1423, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 101, § 3; P.L. 1956, ch. 3830, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-14-16.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-14-16
- Limited public motor vehicle: means and includes every motor vehicle for hire, other than a jitney, as defined in § 39-13-1, or a taxicab, as defined in this chapter, equipped with a taximeter used for transporting members of the general public for compensation only from a designated location on private property to such points as may be directed by the passenger. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-14-1
- Taxicab: means and includes every motor vehicle for hire, other than a jitney as defined in § 39-13-1, equipped with a taximeter, used for transporting members of the general public for compensation to any place within this state as may be directed by a passenger on a call-and-demand basis, when the solicitation or acceptance of the passenger occurs within the location named in the certificate; provided, that the vehicle's driver may, if and when solicited on a public highway at any location at which he or she is discharging a passenger, which location is not shown in the certificate, provide transportation from the location only to a place named in the certificate. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-14-1