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53 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5722 (2026)

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§ 5722.  Regulations.

The authority may prescribe such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to govern the regulation of taxicabs within cities of the first class under this chapter. The authority has the powers set forth in this section notwithstanding any other provision or law or of the articles of incorporation of the authority.

(July 16, 2004, P.L.758, No.94, eff. imd.)

 

2004 Amendment.  Act 94 reenacted and amended section 5722.

2004 Unconstitutionality.  Act 230 of 2002 was declared unconstitutional. City of Philadelphia v. Commonwealth, 838 A.2d 566 (Pa. 2003).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2007–2023 · leading case: Blount v. Philadelphia Parking Auth., 965 A.2d 226 (Pa. 2009).
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Blount v. Philadelphia Parking Auth., 965 A.2d 226 (Pa. 2009). · cites it 4× “53 Pa. C.S. § 5722. PUC-licensed taxicabs operate statewide.”
Germantown Cab Co. v. Philadelphia Parking Auth., 36 A.3d 105 (Pa. 2012). · cites it 4× “at 938-39 (quoting 53 Pa.C.S. § 5722) (emphasis in original).”
Bucks Cnty. Servs., Inc. v. Phila. Parking Auth., 195 A.3d 218 (Pa. 2018). · cites it 2× “at 41-42 , citing 53 Pa.C.S. § 5722 ("The [PPA] may prescribe such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to govern the regulation of taxicabs within cities of the first class under this chapter.”
Germantown Cab Co. v. Philadelphia Parking Auth., 993 A.2d 933 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010). “” 53 Pa.C.S. § 5722. The provision means just that, i.”
Blount v. Philadelphia Parking Auth., 920 A.2d 215 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2007). · cites it 2× “[5] The challenged regulations were promulgated by PPA pursuant to Sections 5722 and 5742 of Chapter 57 of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, 53 Pa.C.S. §§ 5722, 5742. Act 94 of 2004 (Act 94), the Act of July 16, 2004, P.”
Lindros Taxi, LLC v. The Philadelphia Parking Auth., 143 A.3d 443 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016). “The Code provides that only the following individuals may provide taxicab service: (1) the owner, if the owner is a taxicab driver; (2) an employee of the certificate holder who is a taxicab driver; or, (3) a taxicab driver who leases the taxicab directly from the certificate…”
Checker Cab Phila. v. Phila. Parking Auth., 306 F. Supp. 3d 710 (E.D. Pa. 2018). · cites it 3× “" 53 Pa. C.S. § 5722 (emphasis added); see also 53 Pa.”
Marcellus Shale Coalition v. DEP, Aplts. (Pa. 2023). “”28 In each of these decisions, this Court analyzed the scope of an agency’s authority to adopt a given regulation by highlighting the existence of an enabling statute, and by further ascertaining whether the regulation was generally consistent with the overarching statutory…”
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