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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1000
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 3745
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING TR ANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY
DRIVERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) As used in sections 1 to 7, 1
inclusive, of this act, unless the context otherwise requires: 2
(1) "Transportation network company" or "TNC" means a business, 3
or group of businesses whose share of common ownership is greater 4
than fifty per cent, that has hired, contracted with, partnered with, or 5
maintained a contractual relationship or partnership with, fifty or more 6
TNC drivers and that operates a web site or smartphone application 7
from which a customer purchases, schedules or otherwise arranges for 8
the transporting of passengers on trips that originate in this state; 9
(2) "Transportation network company driver" or "TNC driver" means 10
an individual who has been hired, contracted with, partnered with, or 11
maintained a contractual relationship or partnership with, a TNC only 12
to the extent that the TNC driver is transporting passengers on trips that 13
originate in this state, arranged via a transportation network company, 14
and for which such worker receives remuneration from such 15 Raised Bill No. 1000
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transportation director; 16
(3) "Delivery network company" or "DNC" means a business or group 17
of businesses whose share of common ownership is greater than fifty 18
per cent, that has hired, contracted with, partnered with, or maintained 19
a contractual relationship or partnership with fifty or more DNC drivers 20
and that operates a web site or smartphone application from which a 21
customer purchases, schedules or otherwise arranges for the DNC 22
driver to transport ready-to-eat food on an on-demand basis for trips 23
that originate in this state in response to an order placed by the end 24
purchaser of food or other good; 25
(4) "Delivery network company driver" or "DNC driver" means an 26
individual who has been hired, contracted with, partnered with, or 27
maintained a contractual relationship or partnership with, a DNC only 28
to the extent that the DNC driver is transporting ready-to-eat food on 29
trips that originate in this state, arranged via delivery network 30
company, and for which such worker receives remuneration from such 31
delivery network company; 32
(5) "Network companies" include all transportation network 33
companies and delivery network companies as defined in this section; 34
(6) "Network workers" include all transportation network company 35
drivers and delivery network company drivers as defined in this 36
section; 37
(7) "Union" means an organization certified by the director of the 38
State Board of Labor Relations to represent, or that seeks to represent, 39
network workers in a bargaining unit; 40
(8) "Board" means the State Board of Labor Relations created 41
pursuant to section 31-102 of the general statutes; 42
(9) "Director" means the director of the State Board of Labor Relations; 43
(10) "Collectively bargained recommendations" or "collectively 44
bargained recommendations for the terms and conditions of work" 45 Raised Bill No. 1000
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means the recommended terms and conditions of work agreed upon 46
collectively by the industry council; 47
(11) "Binding terms and conditions of work" means the terms and 48
conditions approved by the board regulating network companies and 49
network workers, which are exempt from federal antitrust laws and 50
which displace the compensation requirements of such laws with terms 51
and conditions of network worker compensation and work conditions; 52
(12) "Industry council" means the body comprised of member 53
network companies, when network workers are represented by a 54
representative union, and their respective representative unions; and 55
(13) "Active network worker", with respect to a particular TNC or 56
DNC, means a TNC driver or DNC driver who has performed one 57
hundred twenty requests through the TNC's platform in the last ninety 58
days. 59
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) Individuals who are 60
network workers may organize without interference from their 61
affiliated network company to seek the representation of an 62
organization as described in this section to join the industry council and 63
bargain on their behalf to create collectively bargained 64
recommendations that may be approved by the board concerning the 65
terms and conditions of work under which the network workers shall 66
provide services throughout the sector. 67
(b) Upon request by a union to a network company, such network 68
company shall provide the director, not later than thirty days after the 69
request, a system to directly contact all active network workers in the 70
requested unit. The system shall allow for direct contact by the union, 71
the director or another authorized user without the direct transfer or 72
sharing of personally identifiable information, in accordance with the 73
network company's privacy policy, and shall allow the director to 74
confirm the total number of active network workers and the current 75
active network worker status for each signed authorization card 76
submitted by a union. If a network company fails to provide the director 77 Raised Bill No. 1000
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with credentials to access a system to directly contact network workers 78
not later than thirty days after the union made its initial request, the 79
director may issue a daily penalty not exceeding one hundred thousand 80
dollars for each day the network company fails to cure such violation. If 81
the network company provides the requested information as provided 82
in this section, the director shall inform a requesting union of the 83
number of active network workers for which it received information 84
from the network company. 85
(c) If a union provides the director with proof of interest from not less 86
than ten per cent of the active network workers in a bargaining unit, the 87
director shall supply the union with credentials to access the system to 88
directly contact network workers it was provided by the director. Proof 89
of interest shall be in the form of signed authorization cards, which may 90
be in electronic form, and shall be calculated based on the number of 91
active network workers the director included in the system. A union 92
shall use the system to contact active network workers pursuant to this 93
subsection for the sole purpose of contacting drivers to solicit their 94
interest in being represented by the union. 95
(d) If no union currently serves as the exclusive negotiating 96
representative for an appropriate bargaining unit, a director may 97
voluntarily recognize a union as a representative union of its network 98
workers for the requested unit for the purpose of joining an industry 99
council and commencing negotiations under this article, if that union 100
provides to the director proof that ten per cent of the active network 101
workers in the unit have shown their preference to have that union serve 102
as their representative. Proof of interest shall be in the form of 103
authorization cards, which may be in electronic form, signed and dated 104
within the previous twelve months. 105
(e) In order to become the exclusive representative, a union or 106
representative union may present proof of interest from thirty per cent 107
of active network workers in the unit, at which point the director shall 108
hold an election to determine if the unit wishes to be represented by the 109
union or representative union. Proof of interest shall be in the form of 110 Raised Bill No. 1000
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signed authorization cards, which may be in electronic form, and shall 111
be calculated based on the number of active network workers for which 112
the director provides access pursuant to this section. If a majority of all 113
network workers in the bargaining unit who vote choose representation 114
by the petitioning union, the director shall declare that the union is the 115
exclusive representative union of the network workers. 116
(f) In the event that a unit of network workers vote to reject union 117
representation, a union shall wait not less than twelve months before 118
seeking an election to become the exclusive representative of network 119
workers in the same bargaining unit. 120
(g) A network worker may file a petition with the director to request 121
decertification of a representative union through the following 122
procedures: (1) A decertification petition shall be received by the 123
director not more than thirty days before the expiration of a binding set 124
of terms and conditions of work reached pursuant to this section or not 125
less than three years after the binding set of terms and conditions of 126
work effective date, whichever is earlier; (2) a decertification petition 127
shall be signed by not less than thirty per cent of the network workers 128
in the bargaining unit; and (3) the signatures may be in electronic form 129
and shall be dated within one year of the date that the petition is 130
submitted. When a petition has been accepted by the director, the 131
director shall issue notice to the director and the representative union of 132
the decertification petition and promulgate a decertification date. The 133
director shall have fourteen days from the decertification date to 134
transmit a list of the members of the bargaining unit to the petitioners 135
and the representative union. After receipt of a petition, the director 136
shall determine if the signatures are sufficient to hold an election to 137
decertify the representative union for that particular director or declare 138
that the decertification petition did not meet the threshold and reaffirm 139
that the representative union shall continue representing the bargaining 140
unit. To decertify the representative union, a majority of the voting 141
members of the bargaining unit shall vote for such decertification. If a 142
union is decertified for a particular director, a union may establish or 143
reestablish exclusive negotiating representative status. 144 Raised Bill No. 1000
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Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) Following certification by 145
the director of a voluntary or an exclusive representative, a director and 146
the representative union shall form or, if the industry council has 147
already been formed, join the industry council for the purpose of 148
sectoral bargaining. Upon reaching a threshold of at least eighteen 149
thousand active network workers, the industry council shall meet and 150
negotiate in good faith to create a set of collectively negotiated 151
recommendations concerning the terms and conditions of work for all 152
network workers in the industry council. 153
(b) A director may be eligible to become a member of the industry 154
council, if it contracts with at least: (1) Five thousand network workers 155
on average each day; or (2) ten per cent of total active network workers 156
in the state. 157
(c) Each industry council director member may participate in the 158
negotiation process with the representative union members on the 159
council. Each director on the industry council shall exercise one vote. 160
Each representative union representing a bargaining unit shall exercise 161
votes in proportion to the amount of money sent to the nonprofit from 162
the director of the representative union's bargaining unit. 163
(d) Industry councils shall be formed as tax-exempt organizations for 164
purposes of collective negotiations, administration of community-based 165
job access programs, and any other functions necessary to carry out the 166
provisions of sections 1 to 7, inclusive, of this act. Each industry council 167
shall form committees or related nonprofit entities as needed for 168
purposes of administration of benefits to network workers and 169
community-based job access programs, and any other functions 170
necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 1 to 7, inclusive, of this 171
act. Representation on the governing board of any committee or related 172
nonprofit entity, except for the nonprofit entity established to 173
administer benefits for network workers or for representative union 174
service fees shall include equal representation by both network 175
companies and representative unions unless otherwise specified or 176
agreed to by the parties. Voting threshold to approve measures by a 177 Raised Bill No. 1000
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committee or related nonprofit entity shall be sixty per cent of the votes 178
from network companies and sixty per cent of the votes from 179
representative unions unless otherwise specified or agreed to by the 180
parties. 181
(e) As a condition of membership in the industry council, in addition 182
to complying with any terms and conditions of work made binding by 183
the director, the director shall agree to collect a surcharge on each trip 184
or delivery facilitated by the director for the network workers of the 185
bargaining unit in an amount not less than six per cent but not more 186
than twelve per cent of the transaction, the amount of which shall be 187
determined as part of the binding terms and conditions of work, to pay 188
for benefits, the functions of the representative unions and worker 189
training programs. The funding required by this section shall not come 190
from or be deducted or drawn from network workers' earnings. On a 191
monthly basis network companies shall remit the required funds to be 192
used as follows: The remainder of the funding percentage shall be used 193
to fund portable benefit accounts for the network workers in the 194
bargaining units. The administration of portable benefit accounts and 195
related funds, including the choice of providers, shall be performed by 196
a single nonprofit entity serving all of the industry councils in the state 197
and established for that purpose. Each representative union on the 198
industry council shall also serve on the board of the nonprofit 199
established to administer benefits and shall exercise votes in proportion 200
to the amount of money sent to the nonprofit from the director of the 201
representative union's bargaining unit. 202
(f) One per cent of the funding percentage shall go to funding 203
community-based job readiness, skills training, paid internships and 204
programs, to be performed by a subcommittee of the industry council. 205
(g) Representative union network companies shall remit one per cent 206
of the funding percentage on a monthly basis to the representative 207
union. The unions shall use those allocated funds to provide 208
representation, training benefits and services for their members. 209 Raised Bill No. 1000
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(h) Written affirmation that the director will not unilaterally prescribe 210
specific dates, times of day, or a minimum number of dispatches a 211
network worker shall accept or minimum number of hours during 212
which the network worker shall be logged into the network company's 213
online-enabled application, along with written affirmation that the 214
director will not require the network worker to accept any specific 215
service request as a condition of maintaining access to the director's 216
online-enabled application or platform, and written affirmation that the 217
director will not restrict the network worker from performing services 218
through other network companies, except during engaged time. 219
(i) A director representative with the appropriate authority shall meet 220
on not less than a quarterly basis with a representative group of network 221
workers to discuss any issues of concern to network workers including, 222
but not limited to, efficiency, safety, communication, best practices and 223
clarification of the director's policies. Such council meetings are not 224
bargaining sessions and there shall not be a mandatory duty to agree. 225
(j) As a condition of membership in the industry council, network 226
companies and representative unions shall agree to: (1) Publish social 227
equity policies aimed at eliminating racial bias in hiring, training, 228
promotion, services and resource allocation; including annually 229
publishing data identifying the percentage of the organization's 230
governing board, executives and employees that are people of color; (2) 231
prioritize the use of community financial institutions, minority financial 232
institutions and minority asset managers for administration of benefit 233
funds; (3) prioritize local news organizations, including community, 234
hyperlocal, in-language newspaper organizations in contracts or 235
subcontracts for the placement of all marketing and outreach 236
advertising services. 237
(k) Terms and conditions of work based on the recommendations 238
negotiated pursuant to this section and approved by the director shall 239
be of not more than four years' duration. Terms and conditions of work 240
shall include the rate of payment to network workers and may include 241
consideration of network workers' costs of taxes, expenses, wait time, 242 Raised Bill No. 1000
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and other appropriate considerations such that the resulting rate of pay 243
for engaged time is not lower than any applicable state or local laws 244
governing the rate of pay of those network workers that are in effect on 245
the effective date of this section. 246
(l) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude network 247
companies from compensating network workers above the minimum 248
rates established through binding terms and conditions of work. Each 249
director shall retain exclusive rights to determine the products, product 250
features, proprietary software algorithms and other systems and 251
processes that enable compliance with this section and the other terms 252
and conditions of work included pursuant to this section. 253
(m) Portable benefits to be funded by the amounts required under 254
this section and offered through the nonprofit entity offered network 255
workers through binding terms and conditions of work shall include 256
both universal benefits that attach to each network worker regardless of 257
which director they contract with or how much they work and 258
individual benefit accounts, which may include benefits tied to amount 259
of work performed for one or more network companies. 260
(n) Universal benefits offered shall include workplace injury 261
protection in the form of occupational accident coverage or other 262
insurance coverage for network workers equal to benefits of such type 263
provided by existing workers compensation law. 264
(o) Individual benefit accounts for eligible workers, in which funds 265
may be deposited, may be used for specific purposes to be determined, 266
such as paid time off, retirement savings, health care premiums or other 267
benefits agreed to by the parties. 268
(p) Minimum health and safety standards shall be established, 269
including training requirements, protocols and procedures necessary to 270
provide safe and sanitary transportation services and a safe workplace 271
environment for network workers. 272
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provided to network workers. Such rights shall be no less restrictive 274
upon the director than the antidiscrimination laws of this state. 275
(r) Written affirmation of due process rights shall be provided to 276
network workers, including the right to representation, dispute 277
resolution and a deactivation appeals process which allows drivers to 278
expeditiously resolve complaints and disputes regarding their 279
suitability or eligibility to drive. 280
(s) (1) If the industry council members reach agreement on a set of 281
recommendations, they shall reduce such recommendations to writing 282
and submit them to a vote conducted by the representative unions of 283
the network workers of the industry council. In the case of the first 284
election of an industry council concerning recommended terms and 285
conditions of work, the election shall determine if a majority of the 286
voting active network workers in the industry council support the 287
recommended terms and conditions of work. If the voters reject the 288
recommendations, or if the director finds the recommendations 289
noncompliant, at the representative unions' request, the parties are 290
obliged to resume negotiating to reach an agreement that they believe 291
will address the director's concerns and the concerns of the voting 292
workers, and submit new collectively negotiated recommendations to 293
the members as set forth above. If the industry council members 294
negotiate to impasse and fail to reach agreement on a set of 295
recommendations within five months of being certified by the director 296
or within two months of the end of the previous director-approved 297
binding terms and conditions of work, either the network companies or 298
the representative union may submit their dispute to interest 299
arbitration. A majority of the director votes, measured in proportion to 300
the number of network workers it represents, relative to all workers 301
represented in the industry council shall be required to submit the 302
dispute to interest arbitration. 303
(2) In order for the representative unions to submit the dispute to 304
interest arbitration, the representative unions shall hold an election and 305
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council agree. The goal of interest arbitration shall be to create a new set 307
of recommendations to be presented to the director for approval. The 308
interest arbitrator shall be selected by mutual agreement of the network 309
companies and representative unions in the industry council. If the 310
network companies and representative unions in the industry council 311
cannot agree, then the arbitrator shall be determined as follows: (A) 312
From a list of seven arbitrators with experience in labor disputes or 313
interest arbitration designated by the American Arbitration Association, 314
the side requesting arbitration shall strike a name; (B) thereafter, the 315
other side shall strike a name; (C) the process shall continue until one 316
name remains, and that person shall be the arbitrator; (D) the cost of the 317
interest arbitration shall be divided between the parties proportionally, 318
as a proportion each bargaining unit generates of the surcharge in this 319
section; (E) the interest arbitrator shall propose the most fair and 320
reasonable set of recommendations concerning subjects specified in 321
terms and conditions promulgated by the director that furthers the 322
provision of safe, reliable, and economical services, the well-being of the 323
network workers, and the policy goals set forth in this article; and (F) 324
the term of any recommended terms and conditions of work proposed 325
by the interest arbitrator and approved by the director shall not exceed 326
two years. In proposing recommendations, the interest arbitrator shall 327
consider the following criteria: (i) Any stipulations of the parties; (ii) the 328
cost of expenses incurred by network workers, such as fuel, wear and 329
tear on equipment, and insurance; (iii) the safety and equipment 330
standards and rules applicable to other persons, whether employees or 331
independent contractors, employed doing similar work in this state and 332
its environs, as well as other comparable states; (iv) the director's 333
financial condition and need to ensure a reasonable return on 334
investment and profit; (v) any other factors that are normally or 335
traditionally taken into consideration in the determination of wages, 336
hours, safety and equipment standards, rules and conditions of work; 337
and (vi) the state's interest in promoting the provision of safe, reliable, 338
and economical services and otherwise advancing the public policy 339
goals set forth in this article. 340 Raised Bill No. 1000
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(3) The arbitrator shall transmit the proposed recommendations to 341
the director with a written report that sets forth the basis for the 342
arbitrator's resolution of any disputed issues. 343
(4) Either party may challenge the proposed recommendations not 344
later than ten days after the interest arbitrator releases their 345
recommendations on the following grounds: (A) That the interest 346
arbitrator was biased, (B) that the interest arbitrator exceeded his or her 347
authority, or (C) that a provision of the proposed agreement is arbitrary 348
and capricious. In the event of such a challenge, the director will provide 349
notice to the parties, allow them the opportunity to be heard, and shall 350
make a determination as to whether any of the challenges asserted 351
should be sustained. 352
(5) During the term of any binding terms and conditions of work, the 353
parties may discuss additional terms and, if agreement on any 354
additional recommendations are reached, shall submit proposed 355
recommendations to a vote of the network workers of the industry 356
council conducted by the representative unions, and to the director, 357
which shall consider the proposed recommendations in accordance 358
with the procedures and standards set forth in section 4 of this act. No 359
proposed recommendations shall go into effect until the 360
recommendations have been approved by both the vote of the network 361
workers and the director. 362
(t) Not less than ninety days before the expiration of the term of any 363
binding terms and conditions of work, the parties shall meet to negotiate 364
a new set of recommendations. 365
Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) If the network workers in 366
an industry council approve a set of collectively negotiated 367
recommendations, or an interest arbitrator proposes recommendations 368
in accordance with sections 1 to 7, inclusive, of this act, the 369
recommendations shall be submitted to the director for review and 370
certification. 371
(b) The director shall review the recommendations to ensure that they 372 Raised Bill No. 1000
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satisfy the minimum requirements and purposes set forth in section 3 of 373
this act and advance the public policy goals set forth in sections 1 to 7, 374
inclusive, of this act, including promotion of the well-being of the 375
network workers and the provision of safe, reliable and economical 376
services. 377
(c) In conducting a review, the record shall not be limited to the 378
submissions of the parties nor to the terms of the proposed 379
recommendations. The director shall have the right to gather and 380
consider any necessary evidence, including by conducting public 381
hearings and requesting additional information from the parties. 382
Following the review, the director shall notify the parties of the 383
determination in writing, and shall include in the notification a written 384
explanation of all conclusions. Absent good cause, the director shall 385
issue the determination of compliance not later than sixty days after the 386
receipt of collectively negotiated recommendations. If the director finds 387
the recommendations compliant, the recommendations shall be binding 388
on all network companies and network workers in the state. If the 389
director determines that the recommendations are not compliant, he or 390
she shall declare such and provide a statement of reasons why they have 391
rejected the recommendations, and, at the director's discretion, may 392
suggest ways the parties may remedy such noncompliance. 393
(d) During the term of any binding terms and conditions of work, the 394
director shall have an ongoing supervisory role to ensure that their 395
implementation satisfies the minimum requirements and purposes set 396
forth in section 3 of this act and advances the public policy goals set forth 397
in sections 1 to 7, inclusive, of this act, including promotion of the well-398
being of the network workers and providing economical services. The 399
director shall have the authority to withdraw approval of the 400
recommendations if the director determines that the recommended 401
terms and conditions no longer adhere to the provisions of this section 402
or that they no longer promote the provision of safe, reliable, and 403
economical services and the public policy goals set forth in sections 1 to 404
7, inclusive, of this act. The director may withdraw approval only after 405
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approval, the grounds therefore, and an opportunity to be heard 407
regarding the proposed withdrawal. The director's withdrawal of 408
approval shall be effective only upon the issuance of a written 409
explanation of the reasons why the approved terms and conditions no 410
longer adhere to the provisions of sections 1 to 7, inclusive, of this act or 411
no longer further the provision of safe, reliable, and economical for-hire 412
transportation services or the public policy goals set forth in sections 1 413
to 7, inclusive, of this act. If the director withdraws approval of an 414
existing set of binding terms and conditions of work, the parties may 415
submit a new set of agreed-upon recommendations for consideration 416
not later than three months after such withdrawal of approval. 417
Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) A director or its agent, 418
designee, employee, or any person or group of persons acting directly 419
or indirectly in the interest of the director in relation to their network 420
workers shall not: (1) Refuse to negotiate in good faith with a 421
representative union to create an agreed upon set of recommended 422
terms and conditions of work in connection with the director or refuse 423
to reduce to writing and sign the negotiated recommendations; (2) fail 424
to provide the director with a system to directly contact all network 425
workers in the requested unit within thirty days of the request by a 426
union to the director; (3) dominate or interfere with the formation, 427
existence or administration of an organization representing, or seeking 428
to represent, their network workers; (4) interfere with, restrain, coerce, 429
discharge or otherwise discriminate against any network worker in the 430
exercise of the rights provided to the network worker by sections 1 to 7, 431
inclusive, of this act, or by any other provision of the laws of this state; 432
or (5) offer to provide money or anything of value to any network 433
worker with the intent of encouraging that network worker to exercise, 434
or to refrain from exercising, their rights under sections 1 to 7, inclusive, 435
of this act. 436
(b) The director shall have complete authority to enforce the 437
requirements of this section. 438
(c) An investigation by the director of alleged violations of the 439 Raised Bill No. 1000
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provisions of this section shall include such investigatory techniques as 440
deemed necessary pursuant to conditions adopted by the director. 441
(d) If the director finds reasonable cause to believe an unfair labor 442
practice has been committed, they shall issue a notice stating that: (1) 443
The director found reasonable cause to believe a violation has been 444
committed and shall be remedied; (2) the person or entity allegedly in 445
violation of the section is entitled to a hearing before the director to 446
present evidence to the contrary; and (3) a daily penalty not to exceed 447
one hundred thousand dollars shall accrue for every day the violator 448
fails to cure the violation if the violation is uncontested or found 449
committed. The person or entity named on the notice of violation shall 450
file with the director a request for a hearing within ten calendar days 451
after the date of the notice of violation. If the person or entity named on 452
the notice of violation fails to timely request a hearing, the notice of 453
violation shall be final and the daily penalty not to exceed one hundred 454
thousand dollars shall accrue until the violation is cured. 455
Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) Either party may obtain 456
judicial review in the superior court of the director's determination on a 457
set of recommendations or an unfair labor practice final determination 458
by filing a written petition requesting the order of the director be 459
modified or set aside within fourteen days from the date of the director's 460
determination. The director's final determination shall not be stayed 461
pending judicial review unless a stay is ordered by the court. If review 462
is not sought, the determination of the director shall be final and 463
conclusive. 464
Sec. 7. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) If any part of sections 1 to 7, 465
inclusive, of this act, or the application thereof to any person or 466
circumstances, shall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of 467
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, 468
impair, or invalidate the remainder of sections 1 to 7, inclusive, of this 469
act, and the application thereof to other persons or circumstances, but 470
shall be confined in its operation to part thereof directly involved in the 471
controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and to 472 Raised Bill No. 1000
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the person or circumstances involved. 473
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 3 October 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 4 October 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 5 October 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 6 October 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 7 October 1, 2021 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To allow for and protect the ability of transportation network company
drivers and transportation network companies to negotiate terms that
best meet the needs of the parties.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]