חוק לתיקון פקודת התעבורה (מס' 120) (תיקון), התש"ף-2020Law for amendment to the Traffic Ordinance (No. 120) (Amendment), 2020 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Amendment to the Law is intended to extend the transition period established in the Law to Amend the Traffic Ordinance (Amendment No. 120), 2018, which concerns the reform of the service-taxi sector. The purpose of the reform was to open the service-taxi sector to competition, such that licenses for service-taxi lines would be granted through a competitive, equal, and public process, i.e., a tender. In order to enable the continuous operation of service taxis until the completion of such competitive procedures, the reform established a transitional provision, under which the Transport Supervisor was authorized to renew the licenses of veteran license holders, i.e., those who operated service taxis prior to the start of the reform, until 31 December 2019 at the latest. According to the transitional provision, the Transport Supervisor would extend the licenses of veteran license holders taking into account, among other things, the progress of the competitive procedures for selecting the new license holders. Since the competitive procedures for selecting all the new license holders had not yet been completed, the Amendment to the Law provides that the transition period will be extended by an additional year, meaning the Transport Supervisor will be authorized to renew the licenses of veteran license holders until 31 December 2020 at the latest. The commencement date of the Amendment to the Law is 31 December 2019, in order to prevent a situation in which veteran license holders would operate without a license during the period that elapsed between the expiration of the transitional provision and the date of publication of the Amendment to the Law.

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