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53 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5742 (2026)

 Regulations.

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§ 5742.  Regulations.

The authority is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to administer and enforce the regulation of limousine service certified through the authority under this chapter. The authority has the powers set forth in this section notwithstanding any other provision of law or of the authority's articles of incorporation.

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

 

2004 Amendment.  Act 94 reenacted and amended section 5742.

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 3 cases, 2009–2018 · 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 2× “(A similar provision pertaining to limousines is set forth at 53 Pa.C.S. § 5742). A Jurisdictional Agreement between the PUC and the PPA, authorized by Act 94, sets forth in detail the shifting of regulatory authority from the PUC to the PPA for all affected taxicabs and…”
Germantown Cab Co. v. Philadelphia Parking Auth., 36 A.3d 105 (Pa. 2012). “See 53 Pa.C.S. § 5742. Throughout the briefs, the arguments involving both taxicab and limousine services regulation are essentially the same, and our decision here is to be read as concerning both.”
Checker Cab Phila. v. Phila. Parking Auth., 306 F. Supp. 3d 710 (E.D. Pa. 2018). “§ 5722 (emphasis added); see also 53 Pa. C.S. § 5742 (using the same language to allow PPA to regulate "limousine service").”
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