Payment method.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 46-33
in effectSec. 46-33. - Payment method.
A permittee or licensee shall not drive or cause or suffer or allow to be driven a taxicab in the city, unless it is equipped with a properly functioning credit card payment device that either is mounted in a location that is within reach of a customer in a rear seat or can be passed to a passenger in a front seat or back seat. Additionally, it shall be unlawful for any permittee or licensee to refuse to accept a passenger's payment of posted rates by credit card. The use of other credit card payment devices that do not allow the passenger to maintain control of his credit card is expressly prohibited.
(Ord. No. 2014-754, § 2(Exh. A), 8-6-2014 eff. 2-2-2015; Ord. No. 2015-997, § 13, 10-14-2015; Ord. No. 2019-669, § 23, 9-4-2019)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH46VEHI_ARTIITA_DIV1GE_S46-33PAMEFetched: 10/26/2026
