Definitions

(1) "Division" means the Division of Consumer Protection established in Section 13-2-102. (2) "Prearranged ride" means a period of time that: (a) begins when the transportation network driver accepts a passenger's request for a ride through the transportation network company's software application; and (b) ends when the passenger exits the transportation network driver's vehicle. (3) "Software application" means an internet-connected software platform, including a mobile application, that a transportation network company uses to: (a) connect a transportation network driver to a passenger; and (b) process passenger requests. (4) "Transportation network company" means an entity that: (a) uses a software application to connect a passenger to a transportation network driver providing transportation network services; (b) is not: (i) a taxicab, as that term is defined in Section 53-3-102; or (ii) a motor carrier, as that term is defined in Section 72-9-102; and (c) except in certain cases involving a motor vehicle with a level four or five automated driving system, as defined in Section 41-26-102.1, does not own, control, operate, or manage the vehicle used to provide the transportation network services. (5) "Transportation network driver" means: (a) an individual who: (i) pays a fee to a transportation network company, and, in exchange, receives a connection to a potential passenger from the transportation network company; (ii) operates a motor vehicle that: (A) the individual owns, leases, or is authorized to use; and (B) the individual uses to provide transportation network services; and (iii) receives, in exchange for providing a passenger a ride, compensation that exceeds the individual's cost to provide the ride; or (b) a level four or five automated driving system, as that term is defined in Section 41-26-102.1, when the automated driving system operates the vehicle and is used to provide a passenger a ride in exchange for compensation. (6) "Transportation network services" means, for a transportation network driver providing services through a transportation network company: (a) providing a prearranged ride; or (b) being engaged in a waiting period. (7) "Waiting period" means a period of time when: (a) a transportation network driver is logged into a transportation network company's software application; and (b) the transportation network driver is not engaged in a prearranged ride.