Bill Text: CA AB2763 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Transportation network companies: personal vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 766, Statutes of 2016. [AB2763 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB2763-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2763 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 766
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 16, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 30, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 18, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gatto
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
An act to amend Section 5431 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2763, Gatto. Transportation network companies: personal
vehicles.
The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act provides for the
regulation of charter-party carriers of passengers by the Public
Utilities Commission and includes specific requirements for liability
insurance coverage for transportation network companies, which are
defined as certain organizations that, using an online-enabled
application or platform, connect passengers with drivers using a
personal vehicle.
This bill would define a personal vehicle as a vehicle that is
used by a participating driver to provide prearranged transportation
services for compensation, with a passenger capacity of eight persons
or less, including the driver, that is owned, leased, rented for a
term that does not exceed 30 days, as specified, or otherwise
authorized for use by the participating driver, meets all inspection
and other safety requirements imposed by the commission, and is not a
taxicab or a limousine.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 5431 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
5431. For purposes of this article, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(a) "Participating driver" or "driver" means any person who uses a
vehicle in connection with a transportation network company's
online-enabled application or platform to connect with passengers.
(b) "Personal vehicle" means a vehicle that is used by a
participating driver to provide prearranged transportation services
for compensation that meets all of the following requirements:
(1) Has a passenger capacity of eight persons or less, including
the driver.
(2) Is owned, leased, rented for a term that does not exceed 30
days, or otherwise authorized for use by the participating driver.
(3) Meets all inspection and other safety requirements imposed by
the commission.
(4) Is not a taxicab or limousine.
(c) "Transportation network company" means an organization,
including, but not limited to, a corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, sole proprietor, or any other entity, operating
in California that provides prearranged transportation services for
compensation using an online-enabled application or platform to
connect passengers with drivers using a personal vehicle.
(d) "Transportation network company insurance" means a liability
insurance policy that specifically covers liabilities arising from a
driver's use of a vehicle in connection with a transportation network
company's online-enabled application or platform.
