Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-8-104
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Financial responsibility of taxicab operators
Official statutory text
A. 1. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the
business of operating a taxicab or taxicabs within a municipality
shall file with the governing board of the municipality in which
such business is operated proof of financial responsibility.
2. No governing board of a municipality shall hereafter issue
any certificate of convenience and necessity, franchise, license
permit or other privilege or authority to any person, firm or
corporation authorizing such person, firm or corporation to engage
in the business of operating a taxicab or taxicabs within the
municipality unless such person, firm or corporation first files
with the governing board proof of financial responsibility.
3. Every person, firm or corporation engaging or intending to
engage in the business of transporting passengers outside a
municipality shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Corporation
Commission in accordance with Section 230.24 of this title and the
rules of the Corporation Commission.
B. As used in this section, "proof of financial responsibility"
shall mean a certificate of any insurance carrier or risk retention
group, as defined in Section 6453 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, authorized to do business in the state certifying that
there is in effect a policy of liability insurance insuring the
owner and operator of the taxicab business, his agents and employees
while in the performance of their duties against loss from any
liability imposed by law for damages including damages for care and
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loss of services because of bodily injury to or death of any person
and injury to or destruction of property caused by accident and
arising out of the ownership, use or operation of such taxicab or
taxicabs, subject to minimum limits, exclusive of interest and cost,
with respect to each such motor vehicle as follows:
1. Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) because of bodily
injury to or death of one person in any one accident and, subject to
said limit for one person;
2. Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) because of bodily injury
to or death of two or more persons in any one accident; and
3. Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) because of injury
to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.
business of operating a taxicab or taxicabs within a municipality
shall file with the governing board of the municipality in which
such business is operated proof of financial responsibility.
2. No governing board of a municipality shall hereafter issue
any certificate of convenience and necessity, franchise, license
permit or other privilege or authority to any person, firm or
corporation authorizing such person, firm or corporation to engage
in the business of operating a taxicab or taxicabs within the
municipality unless such person, firm or corporation first files
with the governing board proof of financial responsibility.
3. Every person, firm or corporation engaging or intending to
engage in the business of transporting passengers outside a
municipality shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Corporation
Commission in accordance with Section 230.24 of this title and the
rules of the Corporation Commission.
B. As used in this section, "proof of financial responsibility"
shall mean a certificate of any insurance carrier or risk retention
group, as defined in Section 6453 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, authorized to do business in the state certifying that
there is in effect a policy of liability insurance insuring the
owner and operator of the taxicab business, his agents and employees
while in the performance of their duties against loss from any
liability imposed by law for damages including damages for care and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 457
loss of services because of bodily injury to or death of any person
and injury to or destruction of property caused by accident and
arising out of the ownership, use or operation of such taxicab or
taxicabs, subject to minimum limits, exclusive of interest and cost,
with respect to each such motor vehicle as follows:
1. Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) because of bodily
injury to or death of one person in any one accident and, subject to
said limit for one person;
2. Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) because of bodily injury
to or death of two or more persons in any one accident; and
3. Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) because of injury
to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.
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