Section 7-201. Sale of certain licensed taxicabs


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  • Notwithstanding any other
      law a bank, trust company, national  bank,  licensed  lender  or  credit
      union  which has made a loan to the owner of a licensed taxicab, and has
      taken as collateral a security agreement wherein the debtor pledges  the
      licensed taxicab as security for the repayment of the loan as prescribed
      by  the uniform commercial code, and in turn the secured party has filed
      a financing statement in the proper  filing  offices,  and  default  has
      occurred  in  payment  of  the debt by the debtor, the secured party, if
      possession has been had of the licensed taxicab  must  dispose  of  said
      licensed taxicab for use and operation as a licensed taxicab pursuant to
      law. When the secured party takes possession of such licensed taxicab it
      shall immediately notify the licensing agency.
        The  purchaser  of  such  licensed  taxicab  at sale hereunder, or his
      vendee shall have the same rights in respect of the  use  and  operation
      thereof  as  a licensed taxicab as he would be entitled to under the law
      pursuant to which such taxicab was licensed if  he  were  the  purchaser
      thereof  at  a  voluntary  sale. Said sale shall be conditioned upon the
      approval by the licensing or supervisory agency of the purchaser  as  an
      owner  of  such  taxicab. In making such determination, the licensing or
      supervisory agency shall use the same procedure and standards as if  the
      purchaser  thereof was a purchaser at a voluntary sale and such approval
      shall not be  arbitrarily  withheld  by  the  licensing  or  supervisory
      agency.  In  the  event such approval is not granted by the licensing or
      supervisory agency, said sale shall be declared a  nullity,  all  monies
      paid  hereunder,  shall  be returned to the purchaser at said sale. Such
      sale shall continue until a purchaser acceptable  to  the  licensing  or
      supervisory  agency  is obtained or the vehicle is otherwise disposed of
      according to law.
        As used herein the term licensed taxicab shall mean a vehicle carrying
      passengers for hire and licensed by any county, city, town,  village  or
      any other such licensing agency, to operate as a taxicab within any such
      jurisdiction.