Arizona Laws 28-9552. Transportation network companies; permit; fee; agent; trade dress
A. A person may not act as a transportation network company driver in this state unless the transportation network company has been issued a permit by the department. The transportation network company may apply to the department on forms prescribed by the department. The department shall charge and collect an application fee as determined by the director.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-9552
- Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Driver: means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Trade dress: means a removable and distinct logo, insignia or emblem attached to or visible from the exterior of either of the following:
(a) A transportation network company vehicle during the performance of transportation network services. See Arizona Laws 28-9551
- Transportation network company: means an entity that has been issued a permit pursuant to this article, that operates in this state, that uses a digital network or software application to connect passengers to transportation network services provided by transportation network company drivers and that may but is not deemed to own, operate or control a personal motor vehicle of a transportation network company driver. See Arizona Laws 28-9551
- Transportation network company vehicle: means a motor vehicle that meets all of the following:
(a) Has a seating capacity not exceeding eight passengers, including the driver. See Arizona Laws 28-9551
- Transportation network services: means the transportation of a passenger between points chosen by the passenger and arranged with a transportation network company driver through the use of a transportation network company's digital network or software application beginning when a transportation network company driver accepts a request for transportation network services received through the transportation network company's digital network or software application, continuing while the transportation network company driver provides transportation network services in a transportation network company vehicle and ending when the passenger exits the transportation network company vehicle or when the trip is canceled. See Arizona Laws 28-9551
- Vehicle for hire: means a taxi, livery vehicle or limousine. See Arizona Laws 28-9501
B. The department shall issue a permit to an applicant that meets the requirements of this article.
C. A transportation network company shall maintain an agent for service of process in this state.
D. A transportation network company vehicle shall display trade dress while being used to provide transportation network services. The trade dress shall identify the transportation network company vehicle with a particular transportation network company. The transportation network company shall file an illustration of the trade dress with the department.
E. A transportation network company shall be regulated pursuant to this article and not as a vehicle for hire.