{"data":{"id":"us-pa/53-pa.c.s.-5701.1","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"53 Pa.C.S. § 5701.1","heading":"Legislative findings.","body":"The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:\n(1) The health, safety and general welfare of the people of this Commonwealth are directly dependent upon the continual encouragement, development, growth and expansion of business, industry, commerce and tourism.\n(2) Unemployment, the spread of poverty and the heavy burden of public assistance and unemployment compensation can be avoided by the promotion, attraction, stimulation, development and expansion of business, industry, commerce and tourism in this Commonwealth through the development of a clean, safe, reliable and well-regulated taxicab and limousine industry locally regulated by parking authorities in cities of the first class.\n(3) Due to the size, total population, population density and volume of both tourism and commerce of a city of the first class, it may be more efficient to regulate the taxicab and limousine industries through an agency of the Commonwealth with local focus than an agency with diverse Statewide regulatory duties. Well-regulated local focus on improving those industries can be an important factor in the continual encouragement, development, attraction, stimulation, growth and expansion of business, industry, commerce and tourism within a city of the first class, the surrounding counties and this Commonwealth as a whole.","path":["Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY","PART V PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, UTILITIES AND SERVICES","SUBPART A GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 57 TAXICABS AND LIMOUSINES IN FIRST CLASS CITIES","SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=53\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=57\u0026sctn=1\u0026subsctn=1","current_through":"2026-08-24 (Statute Update stamp, 53 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:34:08Z","sha256":"6747bf0f61f8823815cab9c391fa9915e2709a3d00b4065402f01fbfb59903e9","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/53-pa.c.s.-5701","next":"us-pa/53-pa.c.s.-5702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}