2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 39 Public Utilities and Carriers
CHAPTER 39-14 Taxicabs and Limited Public Motor Vehicles
§ 39-14-9 Vehicles to be operated by owner or employee – Assignment or lease of rights.
§ 39-14-9 Vehicles to be operated by owner or employee – Assignment or lease of rights. – No taxicab or limited public motor vehicle subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be operated except by the owner or an employee of the owner, and it shall be unlawful for the owner of any taxicab or limited public motor vehicle to enter into any contract, agreement, arrangement, or understanding, express or implied, with an operator thereof, by the terms of which the operator pays to or for the account of the owner a fixed or determinable sum for the use of the taxicab or limited public motor vehicle unless the contract, agreement, arrangement, or understanding, express or implied, has been approved by the division. Every person proposing to enter into a contract, agreement, arrangement, or understanding, whereby the owner of a taxicab or limited public motor vehicle leases or otherwise lets a taxicab or limited public motor vehicle to an operator, shall file with the administrator, in the form to be provided by him or her, an application for approval of the agreement. The division shall, upon written application setting forth the purpose, terms, and conditions of the lease agreement, after investigation, approve or deny the request. The lease agreement shall be approved by the administrator if, after investigation, the applicant operator is found to be fit, willing, and able to perform the authorized service and to conform to the provisions of this chapter and the requirements, orders, rules, and regulations of the administrator thereunder; provided, however, that any lease agreement may only be entered into on a vehicle or vehicles, and the certificate or certificates issued pertaining to the vehicle or vehicles which has been operating and actively and continuously engaged in the conduct of business on a daily basis for twelve (12) months prior to the date of application.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1930, ch. 1552, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 100, § 9; P.L. 1956, ch. 3829, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-14-9; P.L. 1978, ch. 396, § 1.)
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