Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT REGULATING THE OPERATION OF TAXI UNITS AND CONSOLIDATION OF ALL EXISTING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE SAME
Congress Author
Date filed
July 25, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 1411, 12th Congress of the Republic
FULL TITLE : AN ACT REGULATING THE OPERATION OF TAXI UNITS AND CONSOLIDATION OF ALL EXISTING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE SAME
ABSTRACT : Rationale: The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has always been the recipient of mounting complaints for various abuses committed by taxi drivers for contracting with passengers instead of using their taximeters, choosingor refusing to convey passengers especially upon learning of their short destinations, arrogance, discourtesy, installing fast meters, and other similar acts. For these reasons, the propose measure has been prepared to put together existing relevantregulations and combine them with new regulations for the operation of taxi units.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : BARBERS, ROBERT ACE S.
DATE FILED : 2001-07-25
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Syjuco (023 )
ADMINISTRATION BILL? No
URGENT BILL? No
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS ON 2001-07-31

Abstract

Rationale: The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has always been the recipient of mounting complaints for various abuses committed by taxi drivers for contracting with passengers instead of using their taximeters, choosingor refusing to convey passengers especially upon learning of their short destinations, arrogance, discourtesy, installing fast meters, and other similar acts. For these reasons, the propose measure has been prepared to put together existing relevantregulations and combine them with new regulations for the operation of taxi units.

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