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2006 Ohio Revised Code - 4509.79. Liability insurance for motor vehicles used in a ridesharing arrangement.

§ 4509.79. Liability insurance for motor vehicles used in a ridesharing arrangement.
  

(A)  As used in this section, "ridesharing arrangement" means the transportation of persons in a motor vehicle where such transportation is incidental to another purpose of a volunteer driver and includes ridesharing arrangements known as carpools, vanpools, and buspools. 

(B)  Every owner registering as a passenger car a motor vehicle designed and used for carrying more than nine but not more than fifteen passengers or registering a bus under division (G) of section 4503.04 of the Revised Code shall have in effect, whenever the motor vehicle is used in a ridesharing arrangement, a policy of liability insurance with respect to the motor vehicle in amounts and coverage no less than: 

(1) One hundred thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident; 

(2) Three hundred thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident; 

(3) Fifty thousand dollars because of injury to property of others in any one accident. 

(C)  Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars. 
 

HISTORY: 139 v H 53 (Eff 7-1-82); 139 v S 331. Eff 5-21-82; 149 v S 123, § 1, eff. 1-1-04; 150 v H 230, § 1, eff. 9-16-04.
 

The effective date is set by section 4 of S.B. 123. 

See provisions, § 5 of S.B. 123 (149 v  - ), following RC § 4501.01. 

 

Effect of Amendments

150 v H 230, effective September 16, 2004, corrected internal references. 

S.B. 123, Acts 2002, effective January 1, 2004, added (C). 

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