Texas Local Government Code

§ 215.004 — TAXICABS AND LIMOUSINES

LG § 215.004Title 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES · Part A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY · Ch. 215. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND OCCUPATIONS · Art. A. REGULATION BY MUNICIPALITIES IN GENERAL

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(a)To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, a municipality by ordinance:

(1)shall license, control, and otherwise regulate each private passenger vehicle, regardless of how it is propelled, that provides passenger taxicab transportation services for compensation and is designed for carrying no more than eight passengers; and

(2)may license, control, and otherwise regulate each private passenger vehicle, regardless of how it is propelled, that provides passenger limousine transportation services for compensation and is designed for carrying no more than 15 passengers. (a-1) Subsection (a) applies to a taxicab or limousine service that is operated:

(1)within the jurisdiction of the municipality;

(2)on property owned by the municipality, singly or jointly with one or more other municipalities or public agencies;

(3)on property in which the municipality possesses an ownership interest; or

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 476 (H.B. 2338), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.