Texas Occupations Code - OCC § 2402.001. Definitions

(1) “Delivery customer” means an individual who orders or receives a digitally prearranged delivery through a delivery network company's digital network undertaken by a delivery person.

(1) “Automated driving system” and “automated motor vehicle” have the meanings assigned by Section 545.451, Transportation Code.

(1-a) “Delivery network company” means a business entity that offers or uses a digital network to arrange for the delivery of food, beverages, or consumer goods from a restaurant or retail establishment to a delivery customer.  The term does not include an entity that only delivers products that the entity produces or stores on the entity's premises.

(1-a) “Department” means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

(1-b) “Delivery person” means an individual who undertakes a digitally prearranged delivery in this state using a delivery network company's digital network.

(1-c) “Department” means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

(2) “Digital network” means any online-enabled application, website, or system offered or used by:

(2-a) “Digitally prearranged delivery” means the transport and delivery or attempted delivery of goods to a delivery customer that is prearranged through a delivery network company's digital network.  The term may include the selection or collection of items for delivery by an individual using a delivery network company's digital network and other tasks incidental to delivery.

(3) “Digitally prearranged ride” means a ride in a personal vehicle between points chosen by the passenger that is prearranged through a digital network.

(3-a) “Driver” means an individual who undertakes a digitally prearranged ride between points chosen by a passenger.

(4) “Personal vehicle” means a vehicle that:

(5) “Transportation network company” means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity that, for compensation, enables a passenger to prearrange with a driver, exclusively through the entity's digital network, a digitally prearranged ride.  The term does not include an entity that provides: