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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Digital network” means any online-enabled application, software, website, or system offered or utilized by a transportation network company that enables the prearrangement of rides with transportation network company drivers;
(2) “Personal vehicle” means a vehicle that is used by a transportation network company driver in connection with providing a prearranged ride and is:
(A) Owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the transportation network company driver; and
(B) Not a taxicab, limousine, or for-hire vehicle;
(3)(A) “Prearranged ride” or “transportation network services” means the provision of transportation by a transportation network company driver to a rider, beginning when a transportation network company driver accepts a ride requested by a rider through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company, continuing while the transportation network company driver transports a requesting rider, and ending when the last requesting rider departs from the personal vehicle.
(B) “Prearranged ride” or “transportation network services”does not include transportation provided using a:
(i) Taxicab service as defined in § 14-57-301 et seq.;
(ii) Motor carrier service under the Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955, § 23-13-201 et seq.; or
(iii) Street hail service;
(4)(A) “Transportation network company” means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity licensed under this subchapter and operating in this state that uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide prearranged rides.
(B) “Transportation network company” does not include a company that controls, directs, or manages the personal vehicles or transportation network company drivers that connect to the company's digital network, except when agreed to by written contract;
(5) “Transportation network company 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 personal vehicle to provide services for riders matched through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company; and
(6) “Transportation network company rider” or “rider” means an individual or a person who uses a transportation network company's digital network to connect with a transportation network company driver who provides a prearranged ride to a rider in the driver's personal vehicle between points chosen by the rider.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 23. Public Utilities and Regulated Industries § 23-13-702. Definitions - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-23-public-utilities-and-regulated-industries/ar-code-sect-23-13-702/
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