The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Airport operator. – Any person with police powers that owns or operates an airport.

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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 20-280.1

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3

(2) Brokering transportation network company. – A transportation network company, as defined by this section, that exclusively dispatches TNC drivers that operate either of the following:

a. For-hire passenger vehicles regulated under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-304

b. For-hire passenger vehicles regulated under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-260(f) and subject to the requirements for security for protection of the public and safety of operation established for regulated motor common carriers.

(3) Prearranged transportation services. – Transportation services available by advance request excluding for-hire passenger vehicles soliciting passengers for immediate transportation. No minimum waiting period is required between the advance request and the provision of the transportation services.

(4) TNC driver. – An individual that uses a passenger vehicle in connection with a transportation network company’s online-enabled application or platform to connect with passengers in exchange for payment of a fee to the transportation network company.

(5) TNC service. – Prearranged transportation service provided by a TNC driver in connection with a transportation network company. The TNC service begins when the TNC driver accepts a ride request on the transportation network company’s online-enabled application or platform and ends at the later of the following:

a. The time that the driver completes the transaction on the online-enabled application or platform.

b. The time that all passengers exit the vehicle and complete unloading of the vehicle.

(6) Transportation network company (TNC). – Any person that uses an online-enabled application or platform to connect passengers with TNC drivers who provide prearranged transportation services. (2015-237, s. 1.)