Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-1-174
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Taxicab
Official statutory text
Taxicab shall mean and include any motor vehicle for hire,
designed to carry eight (8) persons or less, operated upon any
street or highway, or on call or demand, accepting or soliciting
passengers indiscriminately for transportation for hire between such
points along streets or highways as may be directed by the passenger
or passengers so being transported. This classification shall not
include:
1. Motor vehicles of eight-passenger capacity or less operated
by the owner where the cost of operation is shared by fellow workmen
between their homes and the place of regular daily employment, when
not operated for more than two trips per day;
2. Motor vehicles operated by the owner where the cost of
operation is shared by the passengers on a "share the expense plan";
3. Motor vehicles transporting students from the public school
system when the motor vehicle is so transporting under contract with
public, private or parochial school board or governing body, or
4. Motor vehicles operating pursuant to the Oklahoma
Transportation Network Company Act as provided for in Section 1011
of this title.
designed to carry eight (8) persons or less, operated upon any
street or highway, or on call or demand, accepting or soliciting
passengers indiscriminately for transportation for hire between such
points along streets or highways as may be directed by the passenger
or passengers so being transported. This classification shall not
include:
1. Motor vehicles of eight-passenger capacity or less operated
by the owner where the cost of operation is shared by fellow workmen
between their homes and the place of regular daily employment, when
not operated for more than two trips per day;
2. Motor vehicles operated by the owner where the cost of
operation is shared by the passengers on a "share the expense plan";
3. Motor vehicles transporting students from the public school
system when the motor vehicle is so transporting under contract with
public, private or parochial school board or governing body, or
4. Motor vehicles operating pursuant to the Oklahoma
Transportation Network Company Act as provided for in Section 1011
of this title.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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