§ 13b-127 — Definitions.

Connecticut § 13b-127

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 13b: Transportation
• Ch. 244d: Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing

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For the purposes of this section and sections 13b-127a to 13b-127 l, inclusive: (1) “Peer-to-peer car sharing” means the authorized use of a vehicle by a person other than the vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car sharing platform. (2) “Peer-to-peer car sharing company” or “company” means a car sharing platform that connects vehicle owners with drivers to enable the sharing of vehicles for financial consideration. “Peer-to-peer car sharing company” does not include any person licensed pursuant to section 14-15 . (3) “Car sharing platform” means a physical or electronic place, including, but not limited to, a store, a booth, an Internet web site, a catalog or a dedicated software application that allows a shared vehicle owner to make a shared vehicle available for peer-to-peer car sharing and connect a shared vehicle owner with a shared vehicle driver. (4) “Car sharing agreement” means the terms and conditions applicable to a shared vehicle owner and a shared vehicle driver that govern the use of a shared vehicle through a peer-to-peer sharing platform. “Car sharing agreement” does not include any motor vehicle rental contracts. (5) “Shared vehicle” means a vehicle that is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car sharing platform. “Shared vehicle” does not include a passenger motor vehicle used for rental purposes by any person licensed pursuant to section 14-15 . (6) “Shared vehicle driver” means a person authorized by the shared vehicle owner to drive the shared vehicle under a car sharing agreement. “Shared vehicle driver” does not include a lessee, as that term is used in section 14-15 . (7) “Shared vehicle owner” means the registered owner, or a person or entity designated by the registered owner, of a vehicle made available on a peer-to-peer car sharing platform. “Shared vehicle owner” does not include a person licensed or required to be licensed pursuant to section 14-15 . (8) “Car sharing delivery period” means the period of time during which a shared vehicle is being delivered to the location of the car sharing start time, if applicable, as documented by the car sharing agreement. (9) “Car sharing period” means the period of time that begins at the start of the car sharing delivery period or, if there is no car sharing delivery period, that begins at the car sharing start time, and ends at the car sharing termination time. (10) “Car sharing start time” means the time when a shared vehicle driver takes possession and control of the shared vehicle at or after the time the reservation of a shared vehicle is scheduled to begin as documented in the records of the peer-to-peer car sharing platform. (11) “Car sharing termination time” means the earliest of the following events: (A) The expiration of the agreed upon period of time established for the use of a shared vehicle according to the terms of the car sharing agreement if the shared vehicle is delivered to the location agreed upon in such agreement; (B) When the shared vehicle is returned to a location as alternatively agreed upon by the shared vehicle owner and shared vehicle driver as communicated through a car sharing platform and incorporated into the car sharing agreement; or (C) When the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle owner's authorized designee takes possession and control of the shared vehicle.

Legislative History

(P.A. 21-106, S. 52; P.A. 22-107, S. 2.) History: P.A. 21-106 effective January 1, 2022; P.A. 22-107 amended definition of “peer-to-peer car sharing” to delete “shared” and “for a consideration”, amended definition of “peer-to-peer car sharing company” to delete existing definition and redefine as “a car sharing platform that connects vehicle owners with drivers to enable the sharing of vehicles for financial consideration”, amended definition of “car sharing agreement” to provide that such agreement does not include motor vehicle rental contracts, amended definition of “shared vehicle driver” to provide that it does not include a lessee as used in section 14-15, amended definition of “shared vehicle owner” to provide that it does not include a person licensed or required to be licensed pursuant to section 14-15, amended definition of “car sharing start time” by deleting reference to “car sharing agreement” and inserting in its place “peer-to-peer car sharing platform” and made technical changes to insert terms “peer-to-peer” and “peer-to-peer car sharing platform” throughout section, effective January 1, 2023.