[Part VIII.] PEER-TO-PEER CAR-SHARING INSURANCE
[§431:10C-801] Definitions. As used in this chapter:
"Car-sharing delivery period" means the period of time during which a shared car is being delivered to the location of the car-sharing start time, if applicable, as documented by the governing car-sharing program agreement.
"Car-sharing period" means the period of time that commences with the car-sharing delivery period or, if there is no delivery period, that commences with the car-sharing start time and, in either case, ends at the car-sharing termination time.
"Car-sharing program agreement" means the terms and conditions applicable to a shared car owner, a shared car driver, and a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform, if applicable, that govern the use of a shared car through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. "Car-sharing program agreement" does not include a rental agreement as defined in section 437D-3.
"Car-sharing start time" means the time the shared car driver obtains operation, use, or control of a shared car through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program.
"Car-sharing termination time" means the latest of the following events:
"Peer-to-peer car-sharing" means the operation, use, or control of a motor vehicle by an individual other than the motor vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. "Peer-to-peer car-sharing", for the purposes of assessing a vehicle surcharge tax, does not mean the business of providing rental motor vehicles to the public as that phrase is used in section 251-3.
"Peer-to-peer car-sharing platform" means any person or business that owns or operates a peer-to-peer car-sharing program.
"Peer-to-peer car-sharing program" means:
"Peer-to-peer car-sharing program" does not include:
"Shared car" means a motor vehicle that is registered pursuant to chapter 286 and is not owned; controlled; operated; maintained; or managed by or registered, directly or indirectly through an affiliate, to the peer-to-peer car-sharing program; and is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. "Shared car" does not include a rental motor vehicle or vehicle as those terms are defined in section 437D-3.
"Shared car driver" means an individual who has been authorized to drive the shared car by the shared car owner under a car-sharing program agreement. "Shared car driver" does not include a lessee as defined in section 437D-3.
"Shared car owner" means the registered owner of a shared car. "Shared car owner" does not include a lessor as defined in section 437D-3. [L 2022, c 56, pt of §2, §5; am L 2023, c 210, §3]