Nebraska Statutes 75-323. Terms, defined
For purposes of sections 75-301 to 75-343, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 75-323
- Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(1) Application open stage means the time period from the moment a participating driver logs on to the transportation network company‘s online-enabled application or platform until the driver accepts a request to transport a passenger and from the moment the driver completes the transaction on the online-enabled application or platform or the passenger exits the vehicle, whichever is later, until the driver either accepts another ride request on the online-enabled application or platform or logs off the online-enabled application or platform;
(2) Engaged stage means the time period from the moment a participating driver accepts a ride request on the transportation network company online-enabled application or platform until the driver completes the transaction on the online-enabled application or platform or until the passenger exits the vehicle, whichever is later;
(3) Insurance policy means a policy placed with an authorized Nebraska insurer or with a surplus lines insurer pursuant to Chapter 44;
(4) Participating driver or driver means any person who uses a personal vehicle in connection with a transportation network company’s online-enabled application or platform to connect with passengers;
(5) Passenger means a passenger in a personal vehicle for whom a driver provides transportation and who is connected with a driver by a transportation network company’s online-enabled application or platform;
(6) Passengers on board stage means the time period when there are passengers in the vehicle pursuant to the driver’s participation in a transportation network company;
(7) Personal vehicle means a passenger car as defined in section 60-345 that a driver owns, leases, or is otherwise authorized to use to provide services on a transportation network company’s online-enabled application or platform;
(8) Prearranged ride means a ride in which a participating driver is matched to a passenger through a transportation network company’s online-enabled application or platform and does not include the on-demand summoning of a ride or street hail. Prearranged ride does not include shared-expense carpool or vanpool arrangements;
(9) Service means the provision of transportation by a driver to a passenger with whom a transportation network company matches the driver;
(10) Transportation network company means an organization, including a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, a sole proprietor, or any other entity, operating in this state that provides prearranged transportation services for compensation using an online-enabled application or platform to connect passengers with participating drivers using a personal vehicle. Transportation network company does not include medicaid nonemergency medical transportation brokerage services provided pursuant to a contract with the Department of Health and Human Services; and
(11) Transportation network company insurance means an insurance policy that covers loss arising from a participating driver’s use of a personal vehicle in connection with a transportation network company’s online-enabled application or platform.