GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 618

 
 
Short Title:	Taxi Service to Piedmont Triad Airport.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Adams; and Jeffus.	
Referred to:	Local Government II.	
March 14, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE MUNICIPALITIES WITH ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO REGULATE AND CONTROL DRIVERS AND OPERATORS OF TAXICABS OPERATING BETWEEN CITIES OR TOWNS AND TO THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20-37 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-37.  Limitations on issuance of licenses.
 There shall be no driver's license issued within this State other than that provided for in this Article, nor shall there be any other examination required: Provided, however, that cities and towns shall have the power to license, regulate and control drivers and operators of taxicabs within the city or town limits and to regulate and control operators of taxicabs operating between the city or town to points, not incorporated, within a radius of five miles of said city or town.
Cities and towns may authorize expanded service to taxicabs that transport any person from one city or town to another city or town or to the Piedmont Triad International Airport. Expanded service means any time a party requests taxi service inside the corporate limits of the city where the taxicab driver has a certificate of convenience and necessity to a destination inside the corporate limits of another city where the taxicab driver does not have a certificate of convenience and necessity or to the Piedmont Triad International Airport. The taxicab driver is permitted to accept a request from any party requesting taxi service back to the city of origination."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 160A-304 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(c)	A city may by ordinance authorize expanded service in accordance with G.S. 20-37."
SECTION 3.  This act applies to the cities of Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem only.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.