Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 815 - Division of Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 50 - Common Carriers
Subchapter 10 - Motor Carriers of Passengers
Part 4 - Transportation of Passengers via Public Motor Vehicles (815-RICR-50-10-4)
Section 815-RICR-50-10-4.1 - Authority and Purpose
Current through September 18, 2024
A. In 2002, the Rhode Island General Assembly enacted a set of statutes contained in R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 39-14.1, providing for the regulation of intrastate for-hire passenger transportation services provided in what the Assembly identified as "Public Motor Vehicles." The clear intent of the General Assembly at that time was to create regulatory oversight over a "premium" passenger-transportation industry akin neither to taxicab/limited public motor vehicle service as regulated under R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 39-14 nor to jitney service as regulated under R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 39-13.
B. In 2012, R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-14.1-6 was amended to require that the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers ("Division") establish a minimum allowable charge for transportation services provided by Public Motor Vehicles, as newly re-defined in R.I. Gen Laws § 39-14.1-1(7). Again, the clear intent of the General Assembly in passing that legislation in June 2012 was to require the Division to devise a minimum charge for Public Motor Vehicle services that would appropriately distinguish between the types of services rendered under R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 39-14 and R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 39-14.1.
C. These rules and regulations are designed to facilitate the implementation of the aforementioned intent and directive.
