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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-7

  • Car-sharing period: means the period of time that commences with the car-sharing delivery period or, if there is no delivery period, that commences with the car-sharing start time and, in either case, ends at the car-sharing termination time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Peer-to-peer car-sharing: means the operation, use, or control of a motor vehicle by an individual other than the motor vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Shared car: means a motor vehicle that is registered pursuant to chapter 286 and is not owned, controlled, operated, maintained, or managed by or registered, directly or indirectly through an affiliate, to the peer-to-peer car-sharing program and is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Shared car driver: means an individual who has been authorized to drive the shared car by the shared car owner under a car-sharing program agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Shared car owner: means the registered owner of a shared car. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1

A peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall have sole responsibility for any equipment, such as a global positioning system or other special equipment, that is put in or on the shared car to monitor or facilitate the car-sharing transaction, and shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless the shared car owner for any damage to or theft of the equipment during the car-sharing period not caused by the shared car owner. The peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall have the right to seek indemnification from the shared car driver for any loss or damage to the equipment that occurs during the car-sharing period.