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1 ORDINANCE NO. 18,614
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 34 -20 (a) OF THE
4 LITTLE ROCK TRANSPORTATION CODE, CODIFIED AT
5 LITTLE ROCK, ARK., REV. CODE § 34-1 TO § 34-97 (1988), TO
6 PROVIDE THAT SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICE
7 PROVIDERS SHALL HAVE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE IN
8 THE AMOUNTS OF $10,000 FOR THE INJURY OR DEATH OF
9 ANY ONE PERSON AND SUBJECT TO THAT LIMIT FOR EACH
10 PERSON, $300,000 MAXIMUM LIABILITY FOR EACH
11 ACCIDENT, AND $100,000 FOR EACH ACCIDENT
12 REGARDING DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, DECLARING AN
13 EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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15 WHEREAS, On November 18, 1997, the City adopted a new
16 Transportation Code, codified at Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code ( "LRC") § 34 -1 to
17 § 34 -97, that governs transportation franchises of vehicles for hire, and
18 WHEREAS, there is now a desire to amend Section 34 -20(a) of the
19 Transportation Code to provide that Specialized Transportation Service
20 providers shall have automobile insurance in the amounts of one hundred
21 thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for the injury or death of any one (1) person and
22 subject to that limit for each person; three hundred thousand dollars
23 ($300,000.00) maximum liability for each accident; and one hundred thousand
24 dollars ($100,000.00) for each accident regarding damage to property.
25 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
26 DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
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1 Section 1. LRC § 34 -20(a) shall be amended to add the following
2 subparagraph:
3 (4) For specialized transportation service: one
4 hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for the
5 injury or death of any one (1) person and subject to
6 that limit for each person; three hundred thousand
7 dollars ($300,000.00) maximum liability for each
8 accident; and one hundred thousand dollars
9 ($100,000.00) for each accident regarding damage to
10 property.
11 Section 2. Repealer. All ordinances, resolutions, laws or policies, or
12 parts of any such material, in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are
13 hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
14 Section 3. Severability. In the event any section, subsection,
15 subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of
16 this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
17 declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining provisions of this
18 ordinance, as if such invalid or unconstitutional provision was not originally a
19 part of this ordinance.
20 Section 4. Emergency Clause. Since the City's Transportation Code was
21 intended to be a comprehensive codification of ordinances dealing with for -hire
22 transportation within the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and such regulation is
23 essential to protect the public health, safety and welfare, an emergency is
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declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
the date of this adoption.
PASSED: December 18, 2001
ATTEST:
Na4y W94k City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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APPROVED:
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Jim EUley, Mayor
Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attorney
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