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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 Pa.C.S.A. Municipalities Generally § 57A08. Vehicle ownership and standards

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) General rule.--In addition to all other legal requirements, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be operated any vehicle to provide transportation network service unless such vehicle:

(1) has a manufacturer's rated seating capacity of less than 10 persons, including the transportation network company driver;

(2) has at least four doors and meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for vehicles of its size, type and proposed use;

(3) is a coupe, sedan or light-duty vehicle, including a van, minivan, sport utility vehicle, pickup truck, hatchback or convertible;

(4) has not been issued the title class of “salvage,” “rebuilt,” “junk,” “total loss” or any equivalent classification; and

(5) is not older than 10 model years, or 12 model years if the vehicle is an alternative fuel vehicle, as defined in section 2 of the act of November 29, 2004 (P.L. 1376, No. 178),  1 known as the Alternative Fuels Incentive Act, and has been driven no more than 350,000 miles. The authority may increase the age or mileage limits set forth in this paragraph by regulation or order.

(b) Personal use prohibited.--No vehicle licensed as a taxi or limousine within this Commonwealth shall be operated as a personal vehicle by a driver affiliated with a transportation network company. Nothing provided in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit or limit the utilization of an Internet-enabled application or digital platform for the provision of taxicab or limousine service or other public transportation vehicles pursuant to Chapter 57  2 (relating to taxicabs and limousines in first class cities).

(c) Violation.--It shall be a violation of this chapter for a transportation network company to knowingly permit a transportation network company driver to use a personal vehicle to provide transportation network service that does not meet the requirements of this section.

1 73 P.S. § 1647.2.
2 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5701 et seq.
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