Section 23.04 - Boston Taxicabs(1)Approval to Operate.(a) Except as provided in 23.04 et seq., each Operator and Driver of a Boston Taxicab shall be governed by the provisions of 740 CMR 23.01et seq.(b) No Operator or Driver of a Boston Taxicab shall be required to enter into an Operating Agreement with the Authority or to obtain a Vehicle Permit. However, each Operator and Driver of a Boston Taxicab shall be required to follow the rules, regulations, and directives promulgated by the Authority, and the rules and regulations of the Boston police department governing the operation of Boston Taxicabs.(c) If the Authority so determines, each Boston Taxicab may be required to have a Vehicle identification device as a component of an automatic Vehicle identification procedure.(d) Each Driver of a Boston Taxicab shall have a valid hackney license and shall display it on his person at all times. Each Boston Taxicab shall contain a sealed Taximeter, in good working condition, which shall be in clear view of the rear seat passengers and which shall be illuminated by a continuous light at all hours. Each Boston Taxicab shall contain a current meter rate card which shall include the taxicab medallion number and other cards or notices, as may be prescribed by the appropriate agencies, which shall be displayed conspicuously on the compartment partition of the taxicab facing the rear seat.(e) The appearance and condition of each Boston Taxicab and the appearance of each Driver of a Boston Taxicab while at Logan Airport shall be subject to the Authority's Taxicab inspection procedures, which may be amended at the Authority's sole discretion.(2)Operation Requirements. (a) Upon entering Logan Airport without passengers, baggage or parcels, or after discharging passengers, baggage or parcels at Logan Airport, each Driver of a Boston Taxicab shall proceed, at once by the most direct route, to the designated Boston Taxicab Pool Area, or immediately leave Logan Airport. However, if a Driver of a Boston Taxicab has obtained a certification for Short Job service, after discharging passengers, he shall follow the Short Job procedure established by the Authority.(b) Each Driver of a Boston Taxicab which occupies a position on the designated Commercial Vehicle Stand shall, at all times until engaged for hire, remain in the front seat or at the wheel of his Vehicle and shall permit no person or animal, other than a passenger for hire, to sit in or occupy any part of his Vehicle. However, a Driver may leave the Vehicle in an emergency or with the consent of a Ground Transportation Agent, an authorized Police Officer or representative of the Authority. When engaged for hire, a Driver may leave his Vehicle to assist in loading passengers and baggage into his Vehicle. No Driver shall enter the terminal buildings without the permission of the Authority.(c) Each Driver of a Boston Taxicab shall park, stand or wait only in the designated taxicab line, Commercial Vehicle Stand, Boston Taxicab PoolArea or other area specifically designated for that use by the Authority.(d) When a Driver of a Boston Taxicab leaves a Commercial Vehicle Stand or advances in position, each Commercial Ground Transportation Service Vehicle at its rear shall at once move closer toward the head of the stand.(e) No Driver of a Boston Taxicab which occupies a position on the designated Commercial Vehicle Stand or in the designated taxicab line shall remove his Vehicle from its position without losing the position, except with the permission of a Ground Transportation Agent, an authorized Police Officer or representative of the Authority.(3)Pick Up and Discharge of Passengers. (a) No Driver of a Boston Taxicab shall pick up any passengers at Logan Airport, except in proper turn from position on the designated Commercial Vehicle Stand. Each Driver of a Boston Taxicab shall pick up passengers only after receiving direction from a Ground Transportation Agent, an authorized Police Officer or representative of the Authority and after passing through the designated Boston Taxicab Pool Area. No Driver of a Boston Taxicab shall pick up passengers, after or while dropping off prior passengers, before he returns to the designated Boston Taxicab Pool Area to be dispatched to the appropriate Commercial Vehicle Stand.(b) Each Driver of a Boston Taxicab, which occupies the position at the head of the designated Commercial Vehicle Stand, shall pick up only the passengers by whom his Vehicle is engaged for hire or to whom his Vehicle is assigned by the Ground Transportation Agent, an authorized Police Officer or representative of the Authority. A passenger, however, shall retain the right to select any Boston Taxicab from the stand.(c) Multiple Loading of Boston Taxicabs shall be permitted only upon the Authority's determination that an emergency, such as an unusual shortage of taxicabs at Logan Airport exists. In such an emergency, each Driver shall comply with all directives and procedures established by the Authority.(d) Share-A-Cab operations at Logan Airport shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures and directives established by the Authority; each Driver of a Boston Taxicab shall follow these procedures and directives.(e) Except as provided in 740 CMR 23.04(3)(c) and (d), no Driver of a Boston Taxicab shall pick up or carry any other passenger after the taxicab has been occupied or engaged by a prior passenger without the consent of the prior passenger or until such prior passenger has discharged the Boston Taxicab. The prior passenger shall not be obliged or requested to pay any extra fare or fee for refusing such consent.(4)Fares Charged. (a) Except as provided in 740 CMR 23.04(4)(b), no Driver of a Boston Taxicab shall place the Taximeter in a recording position before the assigned passenger enters or engages the Vehicle; and once engaged, each Driver shall keep the Taximeter in a recording position as long as the taxicab is engaged. No Driver of a Boston Taxicab shall charge more than the fare recorded on the Taximeter, regardless of the number of passengers conveyed, plus any such additional charges as may be approved by the Boston police commissioner from time to time.(b) No Driver of a BostonTaxicab shall charge more than the fares and rates, which include, but are not limited to, flat rates, rates for multiple loadings, metered zones and taxi vouchers, duly established by the Boston police commissioner from time to time.(c) In the event of delay of flights, airlines may issue "taxi vouchers" to passengers for their transportation. Each Driver of a Boston Taxicab may accept airline taxivouchers as payment for hire .(d) When requested by a passenger or whenever there is a dispute over the fare, the Driver shall give the passenger a receipt which contains the Driver's name and hackney license number; the taxicab medallion number; the date and time the Driver gave the receipt; and the amount of the fare received.