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Arkansas Code Title 27. Transportation § 27-51-2102. Definitions

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Eligible entity” means a corporation, partnership, association, firm, sole proprietorship, or other entity engaged in a business that includes the operation of a personal delivery device;

(2) “Pedestrian area” means a sidewalk, crosswalk, school crosswalk, or school crossing zone;

(3)(A) “Personal delivery device” means an electrically powered device:

(i) Manufactured for the transport of cargo and goods;

(ii) That weighs five hundred pounds (500 lbs.) or less, excluding the cargo the personal delivery device is transporting;

(iii) Equipped with automated driving technology, including hardware and software, that enables the operation of the personal delivery device with or without the active control or monitoring of a person; and

(iv) Equipped with a braking system that enables the personal delivery device to come to a controlled stop.

(B) “Personal delivery device” does not include:

(i) A motor vehicle under § 27-49-114; or

(ii) An autonomous vehicle under § 27-51-2001; and

(4)(A) “Personal delivery device operator” means an employee or agent of an eligible entity who exercises active physical control over, or monitoring of, the navigation and operation of a personal delivery device.

(B) “Personal delivery device operator” does not include:

(i) With respect to a delivery or other service rendered by a personal delivery device, the person who requests the delivery or service; or

(ii) A person who only arranges for and dispatches a personal delivery device for a delivery or other service.

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