[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2325 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2325

    To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure equity in the 
           provision of transportation by limousine services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 29, 2000

Mr. Torricelli introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure equity in the 
           provision of transportation by limousine services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Contracted Automobile Regulatory 
Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. REGULATION OF INTERSTATE AND CERTAIN INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION 
              SERVICES.

    Section 14501(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting a semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) prohibiting, restricting, licensing, 
                permitting, or regulating the operation of a motor 
                vehicle that is providing limousine service on an 
                interstate basis, except in the case of the State or 
                political subdivision in which the limousine operator 
                maintains its principal place of business; or
                    ``(E) requiring that a person, that has secured any 
                mandatory State license, permit, certificate, or 
                authority to operate a limousine service on an 
                intrastate basis between or among political 
                subdivisions within the State, obtain, in order to 
                conduct limousine service between or among political 
                subdivisions of the State, a license, permit, 
                certificate, or other form of authority from any 
                political subdivision of the State other than the 
                political subdivision in which the limousine operator 
                maintains its principal place of business.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Limousine service.--The term `limousine 
                service' means a prearranged ground transportation 
                service in a motor vehicle (other than a motor vehicle 
                providing taxicab service), the seating capacity of 
                which does not exceed 15 passengers (including the 
                driver), that--
                            ``(i) is provided on a dedicated, 
                        nonscheduled, charter basis;
                            ``(ii) is not conducted on a regular route; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) does not entail shuttle service.
                    ``(B) Shuttle service.--The term `shuttle service' 
                means the simultaneous provision of a nondedicated 
                transportation service to more than 1 paying customer 
                in a case in which the service provider, rather than 
                the customer, reserves the power to determine the 
                pickup or destination point.''.
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