Rhode Island General Laws 39-14-19. Owners exempt from other financial responsibility requirements
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No owner of a taxicab or limited public motor vehicle, who shall have complied with the requirements of § 39-14-18, shall be required to furnish evidence of financial responsibility under any other provision of law with respect to the taxicab or limited public motor vehicle.
History of Section.
P.L. 1930, ch. 1552, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 100, § 12; P.L. 1956, ch. 3829, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-14-19.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-14-19
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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