84R11186 JTS-F
By: Eltife S.B. No. 1555
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of transportation network companies;
requiring an occupational permit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 14, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 2402 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 2402. TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES
Sec. 2402.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Department" means the Texas Department of
Licensing and Regulation.
(2) "Transportation network company" means an entity
that:
(A) uses a digital network or software
application service to connect passengers to transportation
network services provided by transportation network drivers;
(B) does not own, control, operate, or manage
vehicles used to provide transportation network services; and
(C) is not a taxicab or for-hire vehicle company.
(3) "Transportation network driver" means an
individual who:
(A) provides transportation network services
using a motor vehicle that is owned, leased, or otherwise
authorized for use by the individual; and
(B) is not a taxicab or for-hire vehicle driver.
(4) "Transportation network services" means
transportation of a passenger between points chosen by the
passenger and prearranged with a transportation network driver
through the use of a transportation network company's digital
network or software application. The term includes services
beginning from the acceptance of a request for transportation
received through the transportation network company's digital
network or software application service and terminating when the
passenger exits the transportation network driver's vehicle.
Sec. 2402.002. LICENSE REQUIRED. A person may not operate a
transportation network company in this state without obtaining and
maintaining a license issued by the department.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.