Bill Text: CA AB2763 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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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-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2763	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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, as amended, 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,   rented for a term that does not
exceed 30 days, as specified,  or otherwise authorized for use
 for any period of time  by the participating
driver, meets all inspection and other safety requirements imposed by
the commission, and is not a taxicab or a limousine.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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, is   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,   rented for a term that does not exceed 30
days,  or otherwise authorized for use  for any period
of time  by the participating  driver, meets
  driver. 
    (3)     Meets  all inspection and
other safety requirements imposed by the  commission, and is
  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.