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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1.“Department” means the state department of transportation.
2.“Digital network” means an online-enabled application, internet site, or system offered
or utilized by a transportation network company that enables transportation network
company riders to prearrange rides with transportation network company drivers.
3.“Personal vehicle” means a noncommercial motor vehicle that is used by a
transportation network company driver and is owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for
use by the transportation network company driver. “Personal vehicle” does not include a
taxicab, limousine, or other vehicle for hire.
4.“Prearranged ride” means the provision of transportation by a transportation network
company driver to a transportati
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Department” means the state department of transportation.
2. “Digital network” means an online-enabled application, internet site, or system offered
or utilized by a transportation network company that enables transportation network
company riders to prearrange rides with transportation network company drivers.
3. “Personal vehicle” means a noncommercial motor vehicle that is used by a
transportation network company driver and is owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for
use by the transportation network company driver. “Personal vehicle” does not include a
taxicab, limousine, or other vehicle for hire.
4. “Prearranged ride” means the provision of transportation by a transportation network
company driver to a transportation network company rider. A prearranged ride begins
when a driver accepts a ride request from a rider through a digital network controlled by
a transportation network company, continues while the driver transports the requesting
rider, and ends when the last requesting rider departs from the driver’s personal vehicle. A
prearranged ride does not include transportation provided using a taxicab, limousine, or
other vehicle for hire, or a shared expense carpool or vanpool arrangement.
5. “Transportation network company” or “company” means a corporation, partnership,
sole proprietorship, or other entity that operates in this state and uses a digital network
to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company
drivers who provide prearranged rides. A transportation network company is not deemed
to control, direct, or manage a transportation network company driver that connects to its
digital network, or the driver’s personal vehicle, except as agreed to by the company and the
driver pursuant to a written contract.
6. “Transportation network company driver” or “driver” means an individual who does all
of the following:
a. Receives connections to potential transportation network company riders and other
related services from a transportation network company in exchange for payment of a fee to
the transportation network company.
b. Uses a personal vehicle to offer or provide prearranged rides to transportation network
company riders upon connection through a digital network controlled by a transportation
network company in return for compensation or payment of a fee.
7. “Transportation network company rider” or “rider” means an individual or group of
individuals who uses a transportation network company’s digital network to connect with a
transportation network company driver to request a prearranged ride for the individual or
group of individuals, and who receives the prearranged ride in the driver’s personal vehicle
between locations chosen by the individual or group of individuals.