Second Regular Session
Seventy-third General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 22-0894.01 Jery Payne x2157
SENATE BILL 22-144
Senate Committees House Committees
Transportation & Energy
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING THE PROVISION OF T RANSPORTATION SERVICES BY A101
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK CO MPANY NOT IN CONNECTION102
WITH A BUSINESS OPERATED FOR PROFIT .103
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
Current law regulates transportation network companies, which are
commonly known as ridesharing companies, and the services they
provide. Current law exempts services provided under a contract between
a ridesharing company and a school, a school district, the federal
government, a state, a political subdivision of a state, or a tax-exempt
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Zenzinger,
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
(None),
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. entity. The bill removes these exemptions, so that ridesharing companies
that contract with these entities will be regulated in the same manner as
other types of ridesharing companies and services.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 40-10.1-602, amend2
(6) as follows:3
40-10.1-602. Definitions. As used in this part 6, unless the4
context otherwise requires:5
(6) (a) "Transportation network company services" or "services"6
means the provision of transportation by a driver to a rider with whom the7
driver is matched through a transportation network company.8
(b) The term
"TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY SERVICES "9
OR "SERVICES" does not include services provided either directly by or10
under contract with USING VEHICLES OWNED OR LEASED BY a political11
subdivision or other entity exempt from federal income tax under section12
115 of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended. 13
(c) "T
RANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY SERVICES " OR14
"
SERVICES" INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED UNDER A CONTRACT15
BETWEEN A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY AND A POLITICAL16
SUBDIVISION OR OTHER ENTITY EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX17
UNDER SECTION 115 OF THE FEDERAL "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF18
1986",
AS AMENDED.19
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 40-10.1-105, amend20
(1)(b) and (1)(j) as follows:21
40-10.1-105. Transportation not subject to regulation. (1) The22
following types of transportation are not subject to regulation pursuant to23
this article 10.1:24
SB22-144-2- (b) The transportation of children to and from school,1
school-related activities, and school-sanctioned activities to the extent2
that such THE transportation is provided by VEHICLES OWNED OR3
DIRECTLY LEASED BY a school or school district or the school or school4
district's transportation contractors;
EXCEPT THAT THIS SUBSECTION (1)(b)5
DOES NOT APPLY TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY SERVICES6
PROVIDED UNDER A CONTRACT BETWEEN A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK7
COMPANY AND A SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT ;8
(j) Transportation performed by the federal government, a state,9
or any agency or political subdivision of either, whether through an10
intergovernmental agreement, contractual arrangement, or otherwise;11
EXCEPT THAT THIS SUBSECTION (1)(j) DOES NOT APPLY TO12
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER A13
CONTRACT BETWEEN A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY AND THE14
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT , A STATE, OR ANY AGENCY OR POLITICAL15
SUBDIVISION OF EITHER.16
SECTION 3. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,17
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate18
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.19
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