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It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or to permit any person to operate a public passenger vehicle for hire without the emblem for the current year affixed or without written authorization from the commissioner to operate without an emblem. In addition to any applicable fines and penalties, the license of any person who violates this section shall be revoked.
(Added Coun. J. 1-18-12, p. 19118, § 2)
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or tamper with, alter or reaffix the license emblem to any public passenger vehicle. Any person who violates this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than $200.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense, and if the person be a licensee, his public passenger vehicle license for the vehicle shall be revoked.
(Added Coun. J. 1-18-12, p. 19118, § 2)
In the event a license emblem is lost or stolen, the licensee shall furnish to the commissioner a police report stating the facts pertaining to the loss or theft, and after review, the commissioner may issue and affix a duplicate emblem for a fee set by rules and regulations.
(Added Coun. J. 1-18-12, p. 19118, § 2)
The Commissioner shall provide a license card for each licensed public passenger vehicle. This license card must be displayed on the dashboard of the public passenger vehicle. At a minimum, this license card shall contain the name of the licensee and the license number of the public passenger vehicle. The Commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules for additional conditions of license card display and for replacement license card fees.
The restricted chauffeur license of the driver of the public passenger vehicle must also be displayed next to the license card.
No person may operate a public passenger vehicle unless the license card and driver's restricted chauffeur license is displayed as provided in this section.
(Added Coun. J. 1-18-12, p. 19118, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-15-23, p. 6542, Art. VII, § 12)
(a) Any vehicle which has ever been issued the title class of either "salvage," "rebuilt," "junk," "total loss," or any equivalent classification in any jurisdiction is not eligible for operation as a public passenger vehicle.
(i) It is the affirmative duty of the licensee to ascertain that the public passenger vehicle is in compliance with this section.
(ii) Any vehicle placed in operation by a licensee as a public passenger vehicle in violation of this section is unsafe as defined by 9-112-050 of this Code.
(iii) Any licensee that places a vehicle in operation as a public passenger vehicle in violation of this section is subject to immediate license suspension and revocation.
(iv) The commissioner may by rule require licensees to submit a car history report at the licensee's expense.
(b) The commissioner may by rule define and set limitations on the age of a vehicle permitted to be licensed as a public passenger vehicle.
(c) The commissioner may by rule assert additional vehicle specifications that motor vehicles must meet before they can be approved as a public passenger vehicle.
(Added Coun. J. 1-18-12, p. 19118, § 2)
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