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      Sec. 13b-107. (Formerly Sec. 16-328). Carrying passengers for hire in private vehicles. (a) Any person, while operating a passenger motor vehicle registered in this state between his place of residence and his place of employment, may carry for reasonable compensation not more than five other persons regularly employed in the locality of such person's place of employment without obtaining a livery license or a permit from the Department of Transportation.

      (b) Any corporation or employee of such corporation may operate one or more vanpool vehicles each having a seating capacity of not more than fifteen passengers for the purpose of transporting persons to and from their place of employment without obtaining a livery license or permit from the Department of Transportation.

      (1949 Rev., S. 5729; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; 75-611, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 79-244, S. 4; P.A. 80-372, S. 5; 80-482, S. 159, 348.)

      History: P.A. 75-486 substituted "public utilities control authority" for "commission", i.e. public utilities commission, effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 75-611 incorporated existing section into new Subsec. (a), deleted provision that more than one round trip per day constitutes violation, added new Subsec. (b) providing that any corporation or its employees may operate one or more motor vehicles having seating capacity of not more than fifteen to transport personnel to and from place of employment without obtaining license permit from the commission; P.A. 77-614 replaced "public utilities control authority" with "division of public utility control within the department of business regulation", effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-244 substituted in Subsec. (b) "vanpool" for "motor" before "vehicle"; P.A. 80-372 substituted "department of transportation" for the "division of public utility control within the department of business regulation"; P.A. 80-482 would have substituted "department of public utility control" for "division of public utility control within the department of business regulation" but P.A. 80-372 amendments given precedence; in 1981 Sec. 16-328 transferred to Sec. 13b-107.