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1 ORDINANCE NO. 18,820
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 34 -20 (a) (2) -(4) OF
4 THE LITTLE ROCK TRANSPORTATION CODE, CODIFIED AT
5 LITTLE ROCK, ARK., REV. CODE § 34 -1 TO § 34 -97 (1988), TO
6 INCREASE THE AMOUNTS OF AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
7 REQUIRED FOR TAXICAB FRANCHISES EXISTING AFTER
8 NOVEMBER 18, 1997, AIRPORT SHUTTLE SERVICES AND
9 SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES; TO PROVIDE
10 $25,000 AS THE MAXIMUM DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNT FOR THE
11 REQUIRED INSURANCE; TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY;
12 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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14 WHEREAS, on November 18, 1997, the City adopted a new Transportation
15 Code, codified at Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code § 34 -1 to § 34 -97, that governs
16 transportation franchises of vehicles for hire, and
17 WHEREAS, there is now a desire to amend Section 34- 20(a)(2) -(4) of the
18 Transportation Code to increase the amounts of automobile insurance required for
19 taxicab franchises existing after November 18, 1997, airport shuttle services and
20 specialized transportation services to two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00)
21 for the injury or death of any one (1) person and subject to that limit for each person;
22 five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) maximum liability for each accident; and
23 two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00) for each accident regarding damage to
24 property, and
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1 WHEREAS, there is also a
desire to amend Section
34- 20(a)(2) -(4) of
the
2 Transportation Code to provide that
the maximum deductible
amount allowed
for
3 the automobile liability insurance required for taxicab franchises existing after
4 November 18, 1997, airport shuttle services and specialized transportation services
5 shall be twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000.00).
6 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
7 OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
8 Section 1. Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code § 34- 20(a)(2)(1988), Insurance, is
9 hereby amended to read as follows:
10 (2) For taxicab franchises existing after November 18, 1997: two
11 hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00) for the
12 injury or death of any one (1) person and subject to that
13 limit for each person; five hundred thousand dollars
14 ($500,000.00) maximum liability for each accident; and
15 two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00) for
16 each accident regarding damage to property. The
17 maximum deductible amount allowed for the required
18 automobile liability insurance shall be twenty five
19 thousand dollars ($25,000.00).
20 Section 2. Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code § 34- 20(a)(3)(1988), Insurance, is
21 hereby amended to read as follows:
22 (3) For airport shuttle service: two hundred fifty thousand
23 dollars ($250,000.00) for the injury or death of any one
24 (1) person and subject to that limit for each person; five
25 hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) maximum
26 liability for each accident; and two hundred fifty
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thousand dollars ($250,000.00) for each accident
regarding damage to property. The maximum
deductible amount allowed for the required
automobile liability insurance shall be twenty five
thousand dollars ($25,000.00).
Section 3. Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code § 34- 20(a)(4)(1988), Insurance, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
(4) For specialized transportation service: two hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($250,000.00) for the injury or death of
any one (1) person and subject to that limit for each
person; five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00)
maximum liability for each accident; and two hundred
fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00) for each accident
regarding damage to property. The maximum
deductible amount allowed for the required
automobile liability insurance shall be twenty five
thousand dollars ($25,000.00).
Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances, particularly Little Rock, Ark., Ordinance
No. 17,616 (November 18, 1997), resolutions, bylaws, and other matters inconsistent
with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
Section 5. Severability. In the event any section, subsection, subdivision,
paragraph, subparagraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is
declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication
shall not affect the remaining provisions of this ordinance, as if such invalid or
unconstitutional provision was not originally a part of this ordinance.
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Section 6. Emergency. Since the City's Transportation Code was intended to be a
comprehensive codification of ordinances dealing with for -hire transportation within the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, and such regulation is essential to protect the public health, safety and
welfare, an emergency is declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after the date of this adoption.
PASSED: February 18, 2003
ATTEST: APPROVED:
Nanc Wood, 6ity Clerk
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Thomas M. Carpenter, Cit^ttorney
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Willie Hinton, Vice Mayor
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