Title 39, Title 39 Utilities and Carriers

(a) Within a reasonable period of time following the completion of a TNC service trip, a TNC shall transmit an electronic receipt to the rider that lists: (1) The origin and destination of the trip; (2) The total time and distance of the trip; and (3) An itemization of the total …

(a) On or before ninety (90) days after the effective date of this chapter and thereafter, TNC drivers, or a TNC on the driver’s behalf, shall maintain primary automobile insurance that: (1) Recognizes that the driver is a transportation network company driver or otherwise uses a…

(a) The TNC shall disclose, in writing, to TNC drivers the following before they are allowed to accept a request for prearranged rides on the TNC’s digital network: (1) The insurance coverage, including the types of coverage and the limits for each coverage, that the TNC provides…

TNC drivers shall be independent contractors and not employees of the TNC if they are determined to meet federal and state law and regulation relating to independent contractors, including, but not limited to, 26 U.S.C. § 3401(a), 26 U.S.C. § 3402(a)(1), §§ 28-29-17.1 and 28-42-7…

(a) The TNC shall implement a zero-tolerance policy regarding a TNC driver’s activities while accessing the TNC’s digital network. The zero-tolerance policy shall address the use of drugs or alcohol while a TNC driver is providing prearranged rides or is logged into the TNC’s dig…

All provisions of this chapter, with the exception of § 39-14.2-14, are hereby declared to be the sole jurisdiction of the division; § 39-14.2-14 is hereby declared to be the sole jurisdiction of the division and the department of business regulation. Cities, towns, and other loc…

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 39-14.2-18, the Rhode Island airport corporation, or any successor entity authorized to oversee and control the property of Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport and any other state airport, shall have the authority to establish reasona…

(a) TNCs or TNC drivers are not common carriers, as defined in this title; jitneys, as defined in § 39-13-1; taxicabs or limited public motor vehicles, as defined in § 39-14-1; or public motor vehicles, as defined in § 39-14.1-1. (b) A TNC driver shall not be required to register…

(a) A TNC shall maintain individual trip records that detail the date, time, pick-up location, drop-off location, distance traveled, length of time of the trip, and total fare charged for every TNC service it coordinates in the state. Such records shall be maintained for a minimu…

(a) A transportation network company shall adopt a policy of nondiscrimination based on the rider’s race, color, national origin, religious belief or affiliation, gender, physical disability, age, sexual orientation/identity, gender identity, or the pick-up location or drop-off l…

(a) The administrator may impose civil sanctions upon any TNC or TNC operator subject to the applicable provisions of this chapter and/or any rules and regulations promulgated under it, who or that shall knowingly or willfully cause to be done any act prohibited by applicable sec…

(a) Every person operating a licensed transportation network company or operating as a licensed transportation network company operator is declared to be subject to the jurisdiction of the division of public utilities and carriers. The division may prescribe rules and regulations…

(a) For the sole purpose of verifying that a TNC is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter and no more often than annually, the division shall have the right to visually inspect a sample of records that the TNC is required to maintain. The sample shall be chosen rand…

(a) No person shall operate a TNC in the state until that person shall have applied for and obtained a permit from the division; provided, that any transportation network company operating in the state before the effective date of this chapter [Nov. 3, 2016] may continue to opera…

There is hereby created a fund to be known as the transportation network services administration reserve account, a restricted-use account within the division of public utilities and carriers. The account, hereinafter referred to as the “fund,” shall be used for the purpose of pr…

(a) No individual shall provide TNC services or transport TNC riders in a personal vehicle until the individual shall have first submitted to required, periodic background checks conducted through the TNC in accordance with subsection (b). (b) Prior to permitting an individual to…

TNC operators shall be strictly prohibited from soliciting or accepting so-called “street hails.”

TNC operators may utilize a personal vehicle to provide licensed TNC services, provided: (1) The vehicle is owned by, leased to, or otherwise authorized by the legal owner/lessee to be used by a TNC operator to provide TNC services: and (2) The vehicle is no older than fifteen (1…