Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:201.3 – Applicability
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:201.3
- Commission: means the Louisiana Public Service Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:162
- driver: means a person 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 uses a personal vehicle to offer or provide a prearranged ride to persons upon connection through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company in return for compensation or payment of a fee. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:201.4
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:162
- Transportation network company: means a person, whether natural or juridical, that uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide prearranged rides, or a person, whether natural or juridical, that provides a technology platform to a transportation network company rider that enables the transportation network company rider to schedule a prearranged ride. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:201.4
- Vehicle: means every device by which any person or property is transported upon the highways of this state, except devices moved by animal power or exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:162
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Title to the contrary, this Part shall apply to transportation network companies and their participating drivers as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 45:201.4.
B. The provisions of this Part shall not apply to any person or vehicle subject to the provisions of Part B of this Chapter.
C. Nothing herein shall be construed to include carriers by motor vehicle subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission under the provisions of Part A of this Chapter or engaged solely in interstate commerce.
D. Nothing in La. Rev. Stat. 45:201.3 through 201.9 shall exempt any transportation network company or participating driver from complying with all applicable laws and municipal and parochial ordinances relating to the ownership, registration, and operation of automobiles in this state.
Acts 2015, No. 266, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.