Section 695.1.2 - DefinitionsThe following words and phrases when used in this act shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Ridesharing arrangement." Any one of the following forms of transportation provided by a ridesharing operator:
(1) The transportation of not more than 15 passengers where the transportation is incidental to another purpose of the driver who is not engaged in transportation as a business. The term includes a carpool and vanpool used in the transportation of employees to or from their place of employment.(2) The transportation of employees to or from their place of employment in a motor vehicle owned or operated by their employer.(3) The transportation of persons in a vehicle designed to hold no more than 15 people and owned or operated by a public agency or nonprofit organization for that agency's clientele or for a program sponsored by the agency.(4) A carpool or vanpool arrangement in which the driver is not engaged in transportation as a business and one or more groups are transported in a passenger motor vehicle between a place of abode or terminus near the place of abode and a place of employment or educational or other institution, provided that:(i) The group consists of at least two persons including the driver and does not exceed 15 persons, including the driver.(ii) The group does not consist of school-aged children in grades 12 and under being transported to or from an educational institution.(iii) The gross vehicle weight of the passenger motor vehicle does not exceed 10,000 pounds, excluding special rider equipment.(iv) The group is transported in a round trip where the driver is also driving to or from the driver's place of employment or educational or other institution. "Ridesharing operator." The person, entity or concern responsible for the existence and continuance of a ridesharing arrangement. The party responsible may or may not be the driver. The term includes, but is not limited to:
(3) an employer-organized association;(4) a State, regional or local agency;(5) a nonprofit organization; or(6) an entity that owns, rents or leases a vehicle used in a ridesharing arrangement. "Ridesharing promotional activities." The activities involved in forming a ridesharing arrangement, including, but not limited to:
(1) public promotional and advertising activities;(2) receiving information from existing and prospective ridesharing participants;(3) sharing the information received under paragraph (2) with other existing and prospective ridesharing participants;(4) matching the persons under paragraph (2) with other existing or prospective ridesharing participants; and(5) making assignments of persons to ridesharing arrangements.Added by P.L. TBD 2015 No. 22, § 2, eff. 8/9/2015.