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Utah Code Title 13. Commerce and Trade § 13-51-102. Definitions

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

(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) except in certain cases involving a motor vehicle with a level four or five automated driving system, as defined in Section 41-26-102.1, does not own, control, operate, or manage the vehicle used to provide the transportation network services.

(5) “Transportation network driver” means:

(a) an individual who:

(i) pays a fee to a transportation network company, and, in exchange, receives a connection to a potential passenger from the transportation network company;

(ii) operates a motor vehicle that:

(A) the individual owns, leases, or is authorized to use; and

(B) the individual uses to provide transportation network services; and

(iii) receives, in exchange for providing a passenger a ride, compensation that exceeds the individual's cost to provide the ride; or

(b) a level four or five automated driving system, as defined in Section 41-26-102.1, when the automated driving system is operating the vehicle and used to provide a passenger a ride in exchange for compensation.

(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.

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