HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 183        FILED ON: 1/7/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 862

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to requiring insurance for Taxicabs and commercial vehicles ..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 34A of chapter 90 is hereby amended by adding the following to the definition of “Motor Vehicle Policy” liability.

Subject to and notwithstanding the foregoing, all Taxicabs and other Commercial Vehicles regularly used for the transport of individuals for a fee, shall maintain a policy of liability insurance to the amount or limit of at least one hundred thousand dollars on account of injury to or death of any one person, and, subject to the limits as respects injury to or death of one person; or at least three hundred thousand dollars on account of any one accident resulting in injury to or death of more than one person.