2020 New York Laws
VAT - Vehicle and Traffic
Title 8 - Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities
Article 44-B - Transportation Network Company Services
1691 - Definitions.

§  1691.  Definitions.  As  used  in  this article: 1. "Transportation
network company vehicle" or "TNC vehicle" means a vehicle that is:
  (a) used by a transportation network company driver to provide  a  TNC
prearranged trip originating within the state of New York; and
  (b)   owned,   leased   or   otherwise   authorized  for  use  by  the
transportation network company driver;
  (c) such term shall not include:
  (i) a taxicab, as defined in section one hundred forty-eight-a of this
chapter and section 19-502 of the administrative code of the city of New
York, or as otherwise defined in local law;
  (ii) a livery vehicle, as defined in section one hundred  twenty-one-e
of this chapter, or as otherwise defined in local law;
  (iii)  a  black  car,  limousine,  or  luxury limousine, as defined in
section 19-502 of the administrative code of the city of New York, or as
otherwise defined in local law;
  (iv)  a  for-hire  vehicle,  as  defined  in  section  19-502  of  the
administrative  code of the city of New York, or as otherwise defined in
local law;
  (v) a bus, as defined in section one hundred four of this chapter;
  (vi) any motor vehicle weighing more than six  thousand  five  hundred
pounds unloaded;
  (vii)  any  motor vehicle having a seating capacity of more than seven
passengers; and
  (viii) any motor vehicle subject to section three hundred  seventy  of
this chapter.
  2.  "Digital  network" means any system or service offered or utilized
by a transportation network company that enables TNC  prearranged  trips
with transportation network company drivers.
  3.   "Transportation   network  company"  or  "TNC"  means  a  person,
corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity  that  is
licensed  pursuant  to  this  article and is operating in New York state
exclusively using a digital network to  connect  transportation  network
company passengers to transportation network company drivers who provide
TNC prearranged trips.
  4.  "Transportation  network  company driver" or "TNC driver" means an
individual who:
  (a) Receives connections to potential passengers and related  services
from  a  transportation network company in exchange for payment of a fee
to the transportation network company; and
  (b) Uses a TNC vehicle to offer or provide a TNC prearranged  trip  to
transportation  network  company  passengers  upon  connection through a
digital network  controlled  by  a  transportation  network  company  in
exchange for compensation or payment of a fee.
  5.  "Transportation  network company passenger" or "passenger" means a
person or persons who use a  transportation  network  company's  digital
network  to  connect  with  a  transportation network company driver who
provides TNC prearranged trips to  the  passenger  in  the  TNC  vehicle
between points chosen by the passenger.
  6.  (a)  "TNC  prearranged  trip"  or  "trip"  means  the provision of
transportation by a transportation network company driver to a passenger
provided through the use of a TNC's digital network:
  (i) beginning when a transportation network company driver  accepts  a
passenger's request for a trip through a digital network controlled by a
transportation network company;
  (ii)  continuing  while  the  transportation  network  company  driver
transports the requesting passenger in a TNC vehicle; and
  (iii) ending when the last requesting passenger departs from  the  TNC
vehicle.
  (b)  The  term  "TNC prearranged trip" does not include transportation
provided through any of the following:
  (i) shared expense carpool or vanpool arrangements, including those as
defined in section one hundred fifty-eight-b of this chapter; and
  (ii)  use  of  a  taxicab, livery, luxury limousine, or other for-hire
vehicle,  as  defined  in  this   chapter,   section   19-502   of   the
administrative  code of the city of New York, or as otherwise defined in
local law.
  7. "Group policy" means an insurance policy issued pursuant to section
three thousand four hundred fifty-five of the insurance law.