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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

suspension or revocation for reasonable cause or causes,
including violation of any rule or regulation that may be
adopted by the DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
WORKS, after investigation and hearing, of the permit
granted under the provisions of this subtitle.

D.    Every person owning or operating any such
taxicab in violation of any of the provisions of this
subtitle, or in violation of the rules and regulations
aforesaid of the DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
WORKS, shall cumulatively, but not in substitution for
any other process or method of remedial procedure or
legal redress prescribed, by this subtitle or otherwise,
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction,
be subject to a fine of not less than Five Dollars
($5.00), nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), for the
first offense, and a fine of not less than Ten Dollars
($10.00), nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for
each additional or subsequent offense.

E.    No permit shall be assigned or transferred
until the DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS upon
written application setting forth the purpose, terms and
conditions of such assignment or transfer, shall, after
investigation, approve the same. The DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS may amend, or, for sufficient
cause shown, suspend or revoke any such permit. Each
permit shall be evidence of authority to operate only the
particular taxicab therein designated, and shall continue
in force and effect, unless suspended or revoked, for the
year for which it was issued. Upon application, at the
termination of each year, the DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS may renew any permit or issue a new
permit for the ensuing year.

Section 14.102 — Insurance Requirements.

The owner of every taxicab for which a permit is
required under the provisions of this subtitle, shall,
before operating or continuing to operate the same on
public streets or highways in Howard County, take out a
liability insurance policy or policies in some
responsible insurance company, authorized to transact
business in this State, insuring such owner against
liability for personal injury or injuries to a passenger
or passengers in such taxicab, and to a member or members
of the general public, resulting from an accident or
accidents, casualty or casualties, in which such taxicab
may become involved, through the recklessness or
negligence of its owner, or operator, as well as against
any damage to property, resulting from such an accident
or accidents, casualty or casualties; said policy or
policies to be in such reasonable form or forms as to
amount or amounts of insurance and other respects as may