§ 102-89. Taxicab to be operated by owner or owner's employee; drivers' contracts.  


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  • (a)

    No taxicab shall be operated except by the owner thereof or by an employee of the owner. No person shall operate a taxicab as an attorney-in-fact of the owner thereof.

    (b)

    No owner of any taxicab shall enter into any contract, agreement, or understanding with any driver by the terms of which that driver pays to the owner a fixed or determinable sum for the use of the taxicab and is entitled to all or a portion of the proceeds of operation, over and above the fixed or determinable sum. Nothing herein contained shall prevent an owner from paying a fixed fee or other compensation to another owner for furnishing insurance required by this division, for use of terminal facilities or for the privilege of operating under the name of the other owner.

(Code 1985, § 113.30; Code 1999, § 98-101)