J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor 673
(11) Give a receipt for fares on an authorized form when re-
quested.
(12) Not operate a taxicab for more than twelve (12) hours of
any continuous twenty-four (24) hour period.
(13) At all times, while on duty, have displayed in the interior
of the taxicab, in the frame provided therefor, the identification
card with photograph attached.
(14) Charge only the rate of fare or charge established by law.
(15) It shall be the responsibility of the driver upon having been
assigned to a taxicab to ascertain that the equipment in the cab is
in good working order and no driver shall tamper with rate cards,
the meter, meter light, cable, speedometer cable or any other equip-
ment required to be in the cab by law or that registers fares and
charges.
50H.
Where it shall appear after an administrative review that by
reason of the physical or mental condition of the applicant or by
reason of a prior criminal record that the public convenience and
necessity requires that an application for a license be denied, the
applicant shall have the right to request a hearing by the Commission
and the Commission may in its discretion have such hearing con-
ducted by the Taxicab License Hearing Officer. If after hearing,
the Public Service Commission shall refuse to issue a license, the
applicant shall have the right to appeal from such refusal in the
same manner as appeals may now be taken from other actions of
the Public Service Commission.
50-I.
The Commission may issue a temporary license and badge to an
applicant for a period not exceeding fifteen (15) days.
50-J.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit for transport,
transport or agree to transport any person or baggage in any ve-
hicle for hire unless the operator thereof is duly licensed by the
Public Service Commission.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person owning or in charge of
any vehicle to permit such vehicle to be used in violation of the
provisions of this section.
(c) Drivers of taxicabs shall be required to make maximum
use of service communications with their switchboard operators or
dispatchers in order to keep their cabs available for response to
calls.
(d) No taxicab driver shall solicit patronage of persons assem-
bled at the terminal of any other common carrier, or at intermediate
points along any established route of said carrier, when such persons
have so assembled for the purpose of using the service of said com-
mon carrier. This rule is not intended to prohibit, or interfere
with, response to any call for a taxicab, made by telephone or by
signal from a pedestrian.
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