Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 21, May 25, 2024
Section 29.333 - Vehicle and equipment requirements(a) Limousine service may be operated only in luxury type vehicles with seating capacities of ten passengers or less, excluding the driver.(b) Luxury type vehicles are vehicles manufactured or subsequently modified so that they have physical configurations and accessory features that are not considered as being ordinary, standard or commonplace in lower to moderately priced vehicles. Luxury type vehicles are intended to afford patrons a higher level of service and comfort than are ordinarily available in call or demand, paratransit and airport transfer services. To qualify as a luxury type vehicle, a vehicle must have at a minimum: air conditioning, AM/FM stereo radio, deluxe leather or deluxe fabric upholstery, deluxe wheels or wheel covers, four doors and a wheelbase of at least 109 inches. Other amenities which limousine service might afford are CD changer, Internet access, reading lights, work desk or table, cellular phone, refrigerator, television, VCR, DVD player, extended wheelbase and privacy dividers.(c) Section 29.71(a) (relating to marking of vehicles) does not apply to luxury type vehicles engaged in limousine service under this section and § § 29.331, 29.332, 29.334 and 29.335.(d) A vehicle with more than 350,000 miles of cumulative mileage registered on its odometer may not be operated in limousine service. This subsection is effective January 19, 2016.The provisions of this § 29.333 adopted January 23, 1981, effective 1/24/1981, 11 Pa.B. 409; amended November 20, 1987, effective 11/21/1987, 17 Pa.B. 4726; amended November 29, 1996, effective 1/29/1997, 26 Pa.B. 5812; amended August 4, 2006, effective 8/5/2006, 36 Pa.B. 4181; amended July 17, 2015, effective 1/19/2016, 45 Pa.B. 3828.The provisions of this § 29.333 amended under the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § § 501, 1102, 1103, 1301, 1501, 1502, 1504, 1506, 1508 and 2301 and Chapters 23 and 25.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code § 29.71 (relating to marking of vehicles); 52 Pa. Code § 29.331 (relating to conditions); and 52 Pa. Code § 29.353 (relating to method of operation in paratransit service).