2015 Utah Code
Title 13 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 51 - Transportation Network Company Registration Act
Section 102 - Definitions.

Effective 5/12/2015
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) does not own, control, operate, or manage the vehicle used to provide the transportation network services.

• (5) "Transportation network driver" means an individual who:
  • (a) pays a fee to a transportation network company, and, in exchange, receives a connection to a potential passenger from the transportation network company;
  • (b) operates a motor vehicle that:
    • (i) the individual owns, leases, or is authorized to use; and
    • (ii) the individual uses to provide transportation network services; and
  • (c) receives, in exchange for providing a passenger a ride, compensation that exceeds the individual's cost to provide the ride.

• (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.

Enacted by Chapter 461, 2015 General Session