Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 3942 - Transportation Network Companies

• Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
• 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.
• Digital network: means any online-enabled application, software, web site, or system offered or utilized by a transportation network company that enables the prearrangement of rides with transportation network company drivers. See Ohio Code 3942.01
• driver: means an individual to whom both of the following apply:

  (1) The individual receives connections to passengers and potential passengers and related services from a transportation network company in exchange for the payment of a fee to the company. See Ohio Code 3942.01

• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• 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: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Personal vehicle: means a vehicle to which all of the following apply:

  (1) The vehicle is used by a transportation network company driver. See Ohio Code 3942.01

• Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
• rider: means an individual or individuals using a transportation network company's digital network to connect with a transportation network company driver who provides transportation network company services to the individual in a personal vehicle between points chosen by the individual. See Ohio Code 3942.01
• state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Transportation network company: includes a corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, proprietorship, or any other entity operating in this state that uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide transportation network company services. See Ohio Code 3942.01
• Transportation network company services: means the provision of transportation beginning when a transportation network company driver accepts a ride requested by a rider through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company, continuing while the driver transports the requesting rider, and ending when the last requesting rider departs from the personal vehicle. See Ohio Code 3942.01