PRINTER'S NO. 2918
No. 2225 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY WRIGHT, THOMAS, E. Z. TAYLOR, MICOZZIE, FAIRCHILD,
BARRAR, R. MILLER, ROSS, TULLI, WILT, M. COHEN, COLAFELLA,
DALEY, HARHAI, McCALL, MELIO, WALKO, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK AND
SCRIMENTI, FEBRUARY 7, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 7, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for definitions and
3 for the acquisition of certificates of public convenience.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 102 of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding definitions to read:
8 § 102. Definitions.
9 Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
10 provisions of this part which are applicable to specific
11 provisions of this part, the following words and phrases when
12 used in this part shall have, unless the context clearly
13 indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
14 * * *
15 "Exclusive service." Transportation on a given trip when the
16 first or principal person or party or group hiring the vehicle
17 has the exclusive right to determine where, when or if another
1 passenger shall be carried on that trip.
2 * * *
3 "Limousine service." The transport of persons in luxury type
4 vehicles with seating capacities of ten passengers or less,
5 excluding the driver, on an exclusive basis between points as
6 authorized by the certificate of public convenience, provided
7 that the order for service is received in advance of the actual
8 rendering of service and whose payment for services rendered is
9 made by a single person or organization.
10 "Luxury-type vehicle." Vehicles minimally equipped with air
11 conditioning, AM/FM stereo radio, deluxe leather or deluxe
12 fabric upholstery, deluxe wheels or wheel covers, four doors and
13 a wheel base of at least 109 inches long that are manufactured
14 or subsequently modified so they have a physical configuration
15 and accessory features that are not considered as being
16 ordinary, standard, or commonplace in lower to moderately lower
17 priced vehicles and afford patrons a higher level of service and
18 comfort than are ordinarily available in call or demand.
19 * * *
20 Section 2. Section 1103 of Title 66 is amended by adding a
21 subsection to read:
22 § 1103. Procedure to obtain certificates of public convenience.
23 * * *
24 (f) Limousines service.--A certificate of public convenience
25 to provide nonscheduled common carrier services rendered in
26 luxury-type vehicles on an exclusive basis shall be granted by
27 order of the commission without proof of the need for the
28 service if the commission finds or determines that the applicant
29 is capable of providing dependable limousine service to the
30 public according to the rules and regulations of the commission.
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1 Section 3. All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar
2 as they are inconsistent with this act.
3 Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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