Current through the 2024 Third Special Session
Section 13-51-102 - Definitions(1) "Division" means the Division of Consumer Protection within the Department of Commerce.(2) "Prearranged ride" means a period of time that:(a) begins when the transportation network driver has accepted a passenger's request for a ride through the transportation network company's software application; and(b) ends when the passenger exits the transportation network driver's vehicle.(3) "Software application" means an Internet-connected software platform, including a mobile application, that a transportation network company uses to:(a) connect a transportation network driver to a passenger; and(b) process passenger requests.(4) "Transportation network company" means an entity that: (a) uses a software application to connect a passenger to a transportation network driver providing transportation network services;(b) is not: (i) a taxicab, as defined in Section 53-3-102; or(ii) a motor carrier, as defined in Section 72-9-102; and(c) except in certain cases involving a motor vehicle with a level four or five automated driving system, as defined in Section 41-26-102.1, does not own, control, operate, or manage the vehicle used to provide the transportation network services.(5) "Transportation network driver" means: (a) an individual who: (i) pays a fee to a transportation network company, and, in exchange, receives a connection to a potential passenger from the transportation network company;(ii) operates a motor vehicle that: (A) the individual owns, leases, or is authorized to use; and(B) the individual uses to provide transportation network services; and(iii) receives, in exchange for providing a passenger a ride, compensation that exceeds the individual's cost to provide the ride; or(b) a level four or five automated driving system, as defined in Section 41-26-102.1, when the automated driving system is operating the vehicle and used to provide a passenger a ride in exchange for compensation.(6) "Transportation network services" means, for a transportation network driver providing services through a transportation network company: (a) providing a prearranged ride; or(b) being engaged in a waiting period.(7) "Waiting period" means a period of time when: (a) a transportation network driver is logged into a transportation network company's software application; and(b) the transportation network driver is not engaged in a prearranged ride.Amended by Chapter 459, 2019 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/14/2019.Added by Chapter 461, 2015 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/12/2015.