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§ 401. Registration and licenses; operators’ badges; identification cards

(a) No person may operate an automobile for hire until he has applied for and been issued an operator’s badge and an identification card by the Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission, hereinafter the “Commission”. The Taxicab Commission may not issue an operator’s badge or an identification card to any person who has not complied with the […]

§ 401b. Issuance of citations: Procedure before Taxicab Commission

Taxicab inspectors are authorized to issue citations, returnable before the Taxicab Commission for violations of chapter 37, Title 20, Virgin Islands Code, or of any regulations of the Taxicab Commission: (1) Whenever any person is apprehended for any violation of this chapter committed in connection with the operation of a taxi, the apprehending peace officer […]

§ 402. Operation of automobiles for hire

(a) Operators of automobiles for hire shall be decently attired and shall be polite to passengers. (b) Automobiles operated for hire shall be maintained in a clean condition. (c) Articles mislaid by passengers in automobiles for hire shall be given to the passengers or turned in to the office of the Taxicab Commission by the […]

§ 402a. Classification of taxi service

The operator of a taxi may continually or alternately use, at his option, his taxi in one of two ways as follows: (1) As a public car, picking up and discharging passengers along a main route limited only by the vehicles passengers capacity; or (2) As a car for hire, transporting a contracting person or […]

§ 403. Number of passengers

(a) In automobiles operated for hire no person shall be carried without the consent of the person engaging the automobile. (b) No motor bus, truck, or commercial carrying passenger vehicle shall carry any passenger in excess of its capacity. The carrying capacity of all such vehicles shall be determined by the Taxicab Commission and shall […]

§ 404. Tariff of automobiles for hire

(a) The maximum rates to be collected for the service of motor vehicles operated for hire shall be fixed by the Taxicab Commission after investigation and receipt of evidence from any interested parties, provided that the rates fixed by law prior to and together with the enactment of this subsection shall apply until and unless […]

§ 405. Maximum rates for service of motor vehicles operated for hire in Virgin Islands

SCHEDULE I ISLAND OF ST. CROIX *MAXIMUM RATES — MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE (per person) TO FROM CHRISTIANSTED Annaly $10.25 Anna’s Hope 1.50 Bethlehem, Upper or Lower, Exp. Station, King’s Hill, LaReine 3.25 Buccaneer Hotel 2.25 Bulowsminde 2.25 Butzberg 2.25 Cane Bay 10.25 Castle Coakley and Sion Farm 3.25 Castle Nugent 4.00 Catherine’s Rest 2.50 […]