Chapter 9. Taxicab

§ 9101. General Provisions: Title and Authority. These Rules and Regulations shall be called the “Rules and Regulations Governing Taxicab Display of License, Rates, Driver Identification Signs.” These Rules and Regulations are promulgated by the Director of Revenue and Taxation u…

§ 9102. Same: Scope of Law. (a) As directed under 16 GCA § 11102, every person operating a vehicle registered as a taxicab shall permanently display in the interior of such vehicle, so as to be plainly visible from wherever a passenger rides therein, the following information: (1…

§ 9103. Same: Penalties. Title 16 Guam Code Annotated § 11104 provides penalties for violation of § 11102 or § 11103: Misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not more than one hu…

§ 9104. Same: Definitions. (a) Taxi same as Cab or Taxicab. (These words may be used interchangeably for purposes of 16 GCA § 11103.) (b) Director - Director of Revenue and Taxation. (c) Permanently Display means the taxi signs must be stenciled with waterproof paint. (d) Plainly…

§ 9105. Same: Implementation Time-Table. These Regulations shall be binding with full force and effect thirty (30) days after filing with the Legislative Secretary.

§ 9106. Same: Note. Henceforth, applicants for taxi driver’s license shall be tested on the provisions of these Rules and Regulations. Please note these General Requirements for all Taxis: (a) Name under which (Taxi) is registered (§ 11103) shall be not less than three (3) inches…

§ 9107. Same: Grandfather Clause. Registered taxicab owners making written requests (accompanied by color photographs of all doors) before or during November 1979 [taxi registration renewal period] for exemption from technical (size and location) specifications as to letters and …

§ 9108. Same: Interior Display. (a) Title 16 Guam Code Annotated § 11102 Interior Display must be as explained below and pictured in the attached photograph: (1) Taximeter: Installation. The taximeter shall be permanently situated in, on, or against the center of the dash panel. …

§ 9109. Regulations. NOTE: Rule-making authority cited for taxicab display and signs regulations by the Department of Revenue, 16 GCA § § 11102 and 11103. These Rules and Regulations were filed with the Legislative Secretary on October 2, 1979. The taxicab display and signs regul…

§ 9201. General Provisions: Title and Authority. These rules and regulations shall be called the “TAXICAB REGULATIONS”. These regulations are promulgated by the Director of Revenue and Taxation under authority granted him by 16 GCA § 11105 (Vehicle Code).…

§ 9202. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth below governs the construction of terms as used in these rules and regulations: (a) Taxicab - A passenger vehicle for hire, having a seating capacity of less than eight (8) passengers, which pas…

§ 9203. Taxicab Driver’s Identification Card. No taxicab driver shall use or cause to be used, for the purpose of hire, a taxicab which does not have a taxicab driver’s identification card mounted within twelve inches (12”) of the taxi meter so that it is readily visible to all p…

§ 9204. Alteration, Removal or Destruction of Taxicab Driver’s Identification. No person shall alter, remove from another taxicab not operated by him, or destroy a taxicab driver’s identification card.

§ 9205. Format of Taxicab Driver’s Identification Card. The driver’s identification card shall be four inches (4”) wide by six inches (6”) tall. The lower portion shall contain, in one inch (1’) size, the taxicab driver’s number. (See Illustration)…

§ 9206. Issuance of Taxicab Driver’s Identification Card. (a) No taxicab driver’s identification card shall be issued to any person unless he has, having met all requirements and passed all scheduled tests, a valid Guam driver’s license. (b) The rear of the driver’s identificatio…

§ 9207. Issuance of Taxicab Driver’s License. No taxicab driver’s license shall be issued to any person unless he has: (a) A valid Guam operator or chauffeur’s license. (b) Five (5) years driving experience prior to the filing of his application for a taxicab driver’s license. (c…

§ 9208. Convicted Person. No person shall be licensed as a taxicab driver, who has been convicted or twice convicted as the case may be, of the offenses specified under 16 GCA § 11101(b) of the Vehicle Code. (See Appendix on pages 3668)…

§ 9209. Expiration Date of Taxicab Driver’s License and Identification Card. Every taxicab driver’s license and identification card shall expire on December of the issuing year unless the license application was approved on November or December of that same year in which event, t…

§ 9210. Revocation or Suspension of Taxicab Driver’s License. Whenever a taxicab driver’s license is revoked or suspended, the Director of Revenue and Taxation shall require that the taxicab driver’s identification card be surrendered to and retained by the Director or his repres…

§ 9211. Operation of a Taxicab Other Than the Owner or Taxicab Operator. Except in an emergency, no owner or taxicab operator shall permit the driving of a taxicab by any person not having in his possession a valid taxicab driver’s identification card. The fact that any person is…

§ 9212. Annual Review of Driving Record. In reviewing each application for renewal of a taxicab driver’s license, the Director or his authorized representative shall consider the driving record of each taxicab driver. In reviewing the driving record, the 13 COL9292016 Director sh…

§ 9213. Exterior Signs. Every taxicab operated or to be operated in the Territory of Guam shall, paint on the exterior of each front door, the “tradename” or the complete name of the registered owner. During the renewal of Business Licenses in June, renewal shall be denied unless…

§ 9214. Identification of Owner. The word “OWNER” shall be painted on the exterior of each front door, on a line directly above the owner’s name or taxicab tradename. It shall be in Gothic letters two inches (2”) in size and centered accordingly.…

§ 9215. Assigned License Number. Every taxicab license applicant shall be assigned a license number by the Director, which number shall, prior to the issuance of the license plate, be painted on the exterior of each front door. This license number shall be displayed directly belo…

§ 9216. Required Letters and Numbering Size. Except as provided in § 9213, § 9220, or § 9222 letters and numbers painted or to be painted on any vehicle licensed or to be licensed as a taxicab shall be Gothic in style, three inches (3”) minimum and five inches (5”) maximum in hei…

§ 9217. Signs Approved Before This Act. Taxicabs with a tradename or sign insignia approved for use on or before this act may continue to use such tradename or sign insignia.

§ 9218. Color Restrictions: White on Dark/Black on Light. Taxicabs having the vehicle body exterior painted a dark color shall have the signs and numbers painted white. Taxicabs having the vehicle body exterior painted a light color (yellow, red, etc.), shall have the signs paint…

§ 9219. Driver Number: Display Requirements. In the event that a taxicab is owned by a taxi company and the company tradename has been painted on the front door (as required under Paragraphs 2, 3 and 4), the driver’s number of the person who will be driving the taxicab shall be d…

§ 9220. Color Band Option: Taxi Company. Every taxicab company having a fleet of ten (10) or more taxicabs shall submit an application to the Director for assignment and approval of a color band scheme. This color scheme shall be of a shade assigned by the Director, eight inches …

§ 9221. Color Band Option: Company Name. The taxi company tradename (DBA) shall be painted within the color band providing at least one inch (1’) space between the six inches (6” maximum size) letters and the inside edge of the color band.…

§ 9222. Driver Number: Use of. Every taxicab company using or planning to use the practice of assigning taxicab unit numbers, shall use the taxicab driver’s number of taxicab license plate (T-plates) number for this purpose.

§ 9223. Color Band Option: Director’s Approval Required. The Director shall approve each request for the use of a color band scheme by a taxicab company providing that: (a) the taxicab company has a fleet of ten (10) or more taxicabs; (b) that the color requested and approved has…

§ 9224. Color Band Option: Restrictions. No color band scheme shall be used by a taxicab operating as an independently operated taxicab.

§ 9225. Sign Display: Approved by Director. No lettering, sign display, advertising or advertising devices shall be used on any taxicab without the approval of the Director.

§ 9226. Color Band Option: Installation Within 30 Days. Within thirty (30) days after the approval of the color band scheme or taxi company tradename, the owner or taxicab company operator shall 16 COL9292016 cause the painting or installation of the assigned company insignia on …

§ 9227. Surrender Taxi Plate. Immediately upon removing the vehicle from service as a taxicab, the registered owner shall remove the license plates (T-plates) from the vehicle and return it to the Motor Vehicle Division of the Department.…

§ 9228. Remove All Sign Displays. Immediately upon removing the vehicle from service as a taxicab, the registered owner or operator shall remove or paint out all distinctive portions of any authorized sign display.

§ 9229. Abbreviation Prohibited. No abbreviations of the owner, lessee or taxi company’s name shall be used by any person as a sign display.

§ 9230. Taxi Rates - Charges. Every taxicab owner, taxi company or driver, who owns or has control over any taxicab, shall assess a passenger-for-hire the following rates, fares or charges: (a) FLAG DOWN RATE (good for first 1/2 mile) (b) Every additional 1/4mile thereafter (c) F…

§ 9231. Posting of Fares - Design, Size. The schedule of taxicab fares and charges prescribed in Subchapter D hereof shall be four (4) inches wide by six inches (6) in height, printed in Gothic style letters and numbers not less than 3/8 inch in size. This schedule of taxicab far…

§ 9232. Taxi Fare Card: Tampering Prohibited. NO PERSON SHALL ALTER, REMOVE FROM A TAXICAB NOT OPERATED BY HIM, OR DESTROY A TAXI FARE CARD.

§ 9233. Charges, Fares When Permitted. Schedule of fares (taxi fares) may only be charged for the use of the taxicab is actually occupied by the passengers-for-hire, standing at the direction of the passengers-for-hire, or when occupied by parcels or baggages belonging to the pas…

§ 9234. Additional Passengers - Charges Thereof. No taxicab company, owner or driver who owns or controls a taxicab shall assess a fee for any additional passengers in the taxicab, provided all passengers are traveling as one party.

§ 9235. Additional Passengers - Conditional Pick-Up. Additional passengers shall not be picked up without the consent of all passengers-for-hire already in the taxicab. The fare for the additional passengers-for-hire shall be based upon a new taxi meter reading from the point of …

§ 9236. Use of Different Rates - Prohibited. No driver, owner or taxi company shall assess a taxi fare, no shall any driver, owner or taxi company adjust a taxi meter or any of its working parts to show a fare or a charge which is different from the fare or charges prescribed in …

§ 9237. Direct Route - Use of. Every taxicab driver shall follow the most direct or usually traveled route between the origin and destination of each trip.

§ 9238. Extra-Large Parcels, Objects - Charges For. The driver of a taxicab may charge a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for each extra-large parcel of any parcel requiring strenuous lifting on the part of the driver or the use of a rope or tie-down to secure its presence on or within …

§ 9239. Taxi Meter Requirements. No person shall operate a taxicab or permit a taxicab to be operated for the purpose of hire without first installing a taxi meter, inspected for accuracy and reflecting the current rates of fare as established under § 9231.…

§ 9240. Installation. The taxi meter shall be permanently situated on or against the center of the dashboard panel, connected to the transmission, by a speedometer cable in a manner approved by the Director. The charges or fare indication shall be clearly visible to the passenger…

§ 9241. Illumination. Adequate lighting facilities shall be provided for so illuminating the face of the taxi meter that the indications thereof may be conveniently read by the passenger, and the face of the taxi meter shall be so illuminated whenever the taxi meter is in operati…