{"data":{"id":"us-ca/puc-5412.2","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PUC § 5412.2","heading":"","body":"(a) When a person is convicted of the offense of operating a taxicab without a valid certificate or permit, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, if the court determines the operator has the ability to pay, the court shall impose a mandatory fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for a first conviction or five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a subsequent conviction.\n(b) When a person is convicted of the offense of operating a charter-party carrier of passengers without a valid certificate or permit, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, if the court determines the operator has the ability to pay, the court shall impose a mandatory fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a first conviction or twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for a subsequent conviction.\n(c) As used in this section, “taxicab” means a passenger vehicle designed for carrying not more than eight persons, excluding the driver, and used to carry passengers for hire. “Taxicab” shall not include a charter-party carrier of passengers within the meaning of this chapter.","path":["Public Utilities Code - PUC","DIVISION 2. REGULATION OF RELATED BUSINESSES BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION [3901. - 5513.]","CHAPTER 8. Charter-Party Carriers of Passengers [5351. - 5450.]","ARTICLE 6. Fines and Penalties [5411. - 5420.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"579f91e60d1523e86e37da4f1e25f869e1faf48a7674afb0ee3e1054fdf41bca","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/puc-5412","next":"us-ca/puc-5412.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}