19 Miss. Code. R. 9-2.04 - Definitions
As used in these regulations, the following terms shall have the meanings defined herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) "Car sharing delivery
period" means the period of time during which a shared vehicle is being
delivered to the location of the car sharing start time, if applicable, as
documented by the governing car sharing program agreement.
(b) "Car sharing period" means the period of
time that commences with the car sharing delivery period or, if there is no car
sharing delivery period, the period of time that commences with the car sharing
start time and in either case ends at the car sharing termination
time.
(c) "Car sharing program
agreement" means the terms and conditions applicable to a shared vehicle owner
and a shared vehicle driver that governs the use of a shared vehicle through a
peer-to-peer car sharing program.
(d) "Car sharing start time" means the time
when the shared vehicle becomes subject to the control of the shared vehicle
driver at or after the time the reservation of a shared vehicle is scheduled to
begin as documented in the records of a peer-to-peer car sharing
program.
(e) "Car sharing
termination time" means the earliest of the following events:
(i) The expiration of the agreed upon period
of time established for the use of a shared vehicle according to the terms of
the car sharing program agreement if the shared vehicle is delivered to the
location agreed upon in the car sharing program agreement;
(ii) When the shared vehicle is returned to a
location as alternatively agreed upon by the shared vehicle owner and shared
vehicle driver as communicated through a peer-to-peer car sharing program,
which alternatively agreed upon location shall be incorporated into the car
sharing program agreement; or
(iii)
When the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle owner's authorized
designee, takes possession and control of the shared vehicle.
(f) "Department" means the
Mississippi Department of Insurance. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
Insurance.
(g) "Peer-to-peer car
sharing" means the authorized use of a vehicle by an individual other than the
vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. This term shall not
be construed to mean rental car or rental activity.
(h) "Peer-to-peer car sharing program" means
a business platform that connects vehicle owners with drivers to enable the
sharing of vehicles for financial consideration. This term shall not mean
rental car company. An individual or business entity lawfully engaging in a
peer-to-peer car sharing program shall not be considered as any of the
following:
(i) As a "rental company" as that
term is defined in Section
27-19-40(4);
(ii) As being engaged in renting a motor
vehicle to another within the meaning of Section
63-1-67;
(iii) As a "transportation network company"
as that term is defined in Section
77-8-1; or
(iv) As being engaged in the business of
renting 85 motor vehicles under rental agreements within the meaning of Section
75-24-8.
(i) "Person" as used herein shall include
individuals, groups of persons, partnerships, corporations, and legal entities
of any type.
(j) "Shared vehicle"
means a vehicle that is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car
sharing program.
(k) "Shared
vehicle driver" means an individual who has been authorized to drive the shared
vehicle by the shared vehicle owner under a car sharing program
agreement.
(l) "Shared vehicle
owner" means the registered owner, or a person or entity designated by the
registered owner, of a vehicle made available for sharing to shared vehicle
drivers through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. A shared vehicle owner
shall not mean a person "renting a motor vehicle to another" as that activity
is described in Section
63-1-67. A shared vehicle owner is
not "engaged in the business of renting motor vehicles under rental agreements"
within the meaning of Section
75-24-8.
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