חוק לתיקון פקודת התעבורה (מס' 120), התשע"ח-2018Law to Amend the Ordinance of Traffic (No. 120), 2018 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law to Amend the Transport Ordinance (No. 120), 2018, was passed on its second and third readings on 30 January 2018, and concerns a reform of the shared taxi (service taxi) sector. The Law establishes that licenses to operate service taxi lines shall be granted through a competitive, equal and public process, namely a tender to be held by the Ministry of Transport and Road Safety. In the competitive process, consideration shall be given, among other things, to the price offered by the corporation requesting the license, its experience and financial strength, as well as considerations of promoting competition in the public transportation sector. In addition, the license applicant will be required to establish a separate corporation for the purpose of operating service taxi lines; furthermore, a license holder selected through such a competitive process will be entitled to receive from the State licenses to operate a taxi for the purpose of operating the service line for which it receives the license, in a number identical to the number of taxis it will operate on the service line. Such taxi operation licenses shall be available to the license holder solely for the purpose of operating taxis on the service line for which the license was granted, and may not be traded or transferred in any way. In addition, the State shall not collect license fees from license holders selected through the competitive process; furthermore, the list of service taxi lines for which licenses will be granted shall be determined by the Transport Supervisor and published on the Ministry of Transport's website; the Law came into force on 1 February 2018. However, the Law established transitional provisions that shall apply to anyone who, before 11 August 2016 (the "determining date"), held a service line license and operated a service line in accordance with the license (hereinafter – an active license holder). As part of the transitional provisions, the Transport Supervisor may renew the licenses of active license holders for additional periods, until 31 December 2019 at the latest, in order to allow for the regular operation of service taxis until the completion of the competitive processes for selecting new service line operators, and also to allow active license holders a period of organization. In addition, active license holders and the drivers employed by them will be entitled to a discount on the payment of fees for taxi operation licenses, in accordance with Regulations to be enacted by the Minister of Transport and Road Safety, with the approval of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee. These Regulations shall establish provisions and conditions regarding the granting of the discounts.

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