Arizona Laws 28-9558. Transportation network company disclosures; insurance proceeds
A. A transportation network company shall disclose to its transportation network company drivers, in writing or in an electronic format, the following information before the drivers may accept a request for transportation network services on the transportation network company’s digital network or software application:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-9558
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Digital network or software application: means any online-enabled application, software, website or system that is offered or used by a transportation network company and that enables a potential passenger to arrange a ride with a transportation network company driver. See Arizona Laws 28-9551
- Driver: means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Owner: means :
(a) A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- 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 driver: means an individual who receives connections to potential passengers and related services from a transportation network company in exchange for payment of a fee to the transportation network company and who operates a motor vehicle that is both of the following:
(a) Owned, leased or otherwise authorized for use by the individual. 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
- Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. The insurance coverage and limits of liability that the transportation network company provides while the transportation network company driver uses a transportation network company vehicle in connection with the transportation network company’s digital network or software application.
2. That the transportation network company driver‘s own insurance policy might not provide coverage while the transportation network company driver uses a transportation network company vehicle in connection with the transportation network company’s digital network or software application, depending on its terms.
3. That the transportation network company driver’s use of a vehicle that has a lien against it to provide transportation network services for the transportation network company might violate the terms of the transportation network company driver’s contract with the driver’s lienholder.
B. The disclosures required by subsection A of this section shall be placed in the prospective transportation network company vehicle owner‘s written terms of service.
C. If a transportation network company’s insurer makes a payment for a claim covered under comprehensive coverage or collision coverage, the transportation network company shall cause its insurer to issue the payment directly to the business repairing the vehicle or jointly to the owner of the vehicle and the primary lienholder on the covered vehicle.