Okla. Stat. tit. 47 § 1051

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 1051 - Definitions

As used in the Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act:

1. "Peer-to-peer car sharing" or "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;

2. "Peer-to-peer car sharing program" or "program" means a business platform that connects vehicle owners with drivers to enable the sharing of vehicles for financial consideration. A peer-to-peer car sharing program is not engaged in "renting motor vehicles without a driver" in Oklahoma within the meaning of Section 2110 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, except as specifically provided in that section. A peer-to-peer car sharing program is not "engaged in the business of renting motor vehicles without drivers" under the provisions of Section 8-101 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. A peer-to-peer car sharing program is not a service provider who is solely providing hardware or software as a service to a person or entity that is not effectuating payment of financial consideration for the use of a shared vehicle. A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall not be considered a transportation network company as defined in Section 1011 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. "Peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement" or "agreement" means the terms and conditions applicable to a shared vehicle owner and a shared vehicle driver that govern the use of a shared vehicle through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. A peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement is not a rental agreement within the meaning of Section 2110 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, except as specifically provided in that section. A peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement is not an agreement to rent a motor vehicle without a driver under the provisions of Section 8-101 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. "Shared vehicle" or "vehicle" means a vehicle that is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. A shared vehicle is not a "motor vehicle that is rented" within the meaning of Section 2110 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, except as specifically provided in that section. A shared vehicle is not a "motor vehicle engaged in the business of renting a motor vehicle without a driver" as described pursuant to Section 8-101 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. "Shared vehicle driver" or "driver" means an individual who has been authorized to drive the shared vehicle by the shared vehicle owner under a car sharing program agreement;

6. "Shared vehicle owner" or "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;

7. "Car sharing delivery period" or "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;

8. "Car sharing period" or "sharing period" means the period of time that commences with the car sharing delivery period or, if there is no car sharing delivery period, that commences with the car sharing start time and, in either case, ends at the car sharing termination time;

9. "Car sharing start time" or "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; and

10. "Car sharing termination time" or "termination time" means the earliest of the following events:

a. 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,

b. when the shared vehicle is returned to a location as alternatively agreed upon by the shared vehicle owner and the shared vehicle driver as communicated through a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement, which alternatively agreed upon location shall be incorporated into the car sharing program agreement, or

c. when the shared vehicle owner, or the shared vehicle owner's authorized designee, takes possession and control of the shared vehicle.

Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 1051

Added by Laws 2021 , c. 280, s. 2, eff. 11/1/2021.