19 Miss. Code. R. 9-1.04 - Definitions
As used in these regulations:
(a) "Personal vehicle" means a vehicle that
is used by a transportation network company driver and is:
(i) Owned, leased or otherwise authorized for
use by the transportation network company driver; and
(ii) Not a common carrier by motor vehicle,
contract carrier by motor vehicle, or restricted motor carrier under
Chapter 7, Title 77, Mississippi Code of 1972.
(b) "Commissioner" means the
Commissioner of Insurance.
(c)
"Department" means the Mississippi Department of Insurance.
(d) "Digital network" means any
online-enabled technology application service, website or system offered or
utilized by a transportation network company that enables the prearrangement of
rides with transportation network company drivers.
(e) "Transportation network company" means a
corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity that is licensed
under this act and operating in Mississippi that uses a digital network to
connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company
drivers who provide prearranged rides. A transportation network company shall
not be deemed to control, direct or manage the personal vehicles or
transportation network company drivers that connect to its digital network,
except where agreed to by written contract.
(f) "Transportation network company driver"
or "driver" means an individual who:
(i)
Receives connections to potential passengers and related services from a
transportation network company in exchange for payment of a fee to the
transportation network company; and
(ii) Uses a Personal Vehicle to offer or
provide a prearranged ride to riders upon connection through a digital network
controlled by a transportation network company in return for compensation or
payment of a fee.
(g)
"Transportation network company rider" or "rider" means an individual or
persons who use a transportation network company's digital network to connect
with a transportation network driver who provides prearranged rides to the
rider in the driver's personal vehicle between points chosen by the rider.
(h) "Prearranged ride" means the
provision of transportation by a driver to a rider, beginning when a driver
accepts a ride requested by a rider through a digital network controlled by a
transportation network company, continuing while the driver transports a
requesting rider, and ending when the last requesting rider departs from the
personal vehicle. A prearranged ride does not include transportation provided
using a common carrier by motor vehicle, contract carrier by motor vehicle, or
restricted motor carrier under Chapter 7, Title 77, Mississippi Code of
1972. A prearranged ride does not include shared expense carpool
arrangements or vanpooling as defined in Section
77-7-7, or
any other type of arrangement or service in which the driver receives a fee
that does not exceed the driver's costs associated with providing the ride.
Notes
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