Bill Title: To regulate insurance requirements for transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-12-04 - To Insurance
[HB679 Detail]Download: Ohio-2013-HB679-Introduced.html
As Introduced
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Representatives Hackett, Bishoff
A BILL
| To enact sections 3938.01, 3938.02, 3938.03, 3938.04, | 1 |
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3938.05, 3938.06, 3938.07, and 3938.99 of the | 2 |
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Revised Code to regulate insurance requirements | 3 |
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for transportation network companies and | 4 |
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transportation network company drivers. | 5 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3938.01, 3938.02, 3938.03, 3938.04, | 6 |
3938.05, 3938.06, 3938.07, and 3938.99 of the Revised Code be | 7 |
enacted to read as follows: | 8 |
Sec. 3938.01. As used in this chapter: | 9 |
(A) "Owner" means the person whose name appears on the | 10 |
personal vehicle's registration. | 11 |
(B) "Personal vehicle" means a vehicle that is used by a | 12 |
transportation network company driver in connection with providing | 13 |
transportation network company services. | 14 |
(C) "Rider" means an individual who, through the use of a | 15 |
transportation network company, is connected with a transportation | 16 |
network company driver to obtain transportation network company | 17 |
services in a personal vehicle. | 18 |
(D) "Transportation network company" includes a corporation, | 19 |
partnership, association, limited liability company, | 20 |
proprietorship, or other entity operating in this state that uses | 21 |
an online application or platform, digital network, or other means | 22 |
to connect riders to transportation network company drivers for | 23 |
the purpose of providing transportation for compensation, other | 24 |
than for the reimbursement of expenses in a ridesharing | 25 |
arrangement as defined in section 4921.01 of Revised Code. | 26 |
(E) "Transportation network company driver" means an | 27 |
individual who uses a personal vehicle to provide transportation | 28 |
network company services. A transportation network company driver | 29 |
is not required to be an employee of a transportation network | 30 |
company. | 31 |
(F)(1) "Transportation network company services" means | 32 |
services provided by a transportation network company driver in | 33 |
connection with the transportation network company and includes | 34 |
both of the following: | 35 |
(a) The period of time during which the transportation | 36 |
network company driver is available to provide transportation | 37 |
network company services by logging on to the transportation | 38 |
network company's online application or platform, digital network, | 39 |
or other system, including the time period before the | 40 |
transportation network company driver has been matched with a | 41 |
rider and after the driver has been matched with a rider; | 42 |
(b) The time period during which a rider and any other | 43 |
passengers are occupying the transportation network company | 44 |
driver's personal vehicle. | 45 |
(2) "Transportation network company services" end when the | 46 |
transportation network company driver logs off the online | 47 |
application or platform, digital network, or other system or when | 48 |
the rider and any other passengers completely exit the personal | 49 |
vehicle, whichever is later. | 50 |
(3) "Transportation network company services" do not include | 51 |
services provided by any of the following: | 52 |
(b) A chauffeured limousine as defined in section 4501.01 of | 54 |
the Revised Code; | 55 |
(c) Any commercially registered vehicle and commercially | 56 |
licensed driver; | 57 |
(d) A ridesharing arrangement as defined in section 4921.01 | 58 |
of the Revised Code when any fee charged each individual | 59 |
transported in such an arrangement is in such an amount as to | 60 |
recover only the individual's share of the costs of operating the | 61 |
vehicle for that purpose. | 62 |
Sec. 3938.02. (A) Each transportation network company | 63 |
driver, or a transportation network company on behalf of the | 64 |
transportation network company driver or personal vehicle owner, | 65 |
shall maintain an automobile liability insurance policy that does | 66 |
all of the following: | 67 |
(1) Provides primary coverage for liability arising from the | 68 |
transportation network company driver's use of a personal vehicle | 69 |
during the period of time the driver is providing transportation | 70 |
network company services; | 71 |
(2) Meets, at minimum, the proof of financial responsibility | 72 |
requirements as described in division (B) of section 4509.80 of | 73 |
the Revised Code and is one of the following: | 74 |
(a) A commercial automobile liability insurance policy that | 75 |
provides primary coverage for transportation network company | 76 |
services similar in all material respects to coverage for | 77 |
chauffeured limousines; | 78 |
(b) An insurance rider to, or an endorsement of, the driver's | 79 |
personal automobile liability insurance obtained to satisfy the | 80 |
proof of financial responsibility required by Chapter 4509. of the | 81 |
Revised Code. The rider or endorsement may be combined with an | 82 |
excess policy provided by the transportation network company such | 83 |
that the combined limits of the policies meet those required in | 84 |
division (B) of section 4509.80 of the Revised Code; | 85 |
(c) A commercial automobile liability insurance policy | 86 |
purchased by the transportation network company that provides | 87 |
primary coverage for the period of time when a transportation | 88 |
network company driver is providing transportation network company | 89 |
services. The policy shall also provide first party coverage to | 90 |
the personal vehicle's owner at the same limits, deductibles, and | 91 |
coverage options purchased by the owner on the owner's personal | 92 |
automobile policy. | 93 |
(3) The policies described in division (A)(2) of this section | 94 |
shall attach and provide coverage regardless of whether a | 95 |
transportation network company driver has agreed to waive coverage | 96 |
or has entered into an agreement with the transportation network | 97 |
company to hold harmless or indemnify the transportation network | 98 |
company. | 99 |
(B) If a transportation network company purchases a liability | 100 |
insurance policy as described in division (A)(2)(c) of this | 101 |
section, it shall provide documentation to the registrar of motor | 102 |
vehicles evidencing the purchase of the policy within thirty day | 103 |
after the effective date of the policy. | 104 |
(C) A liability insurance policy required by this section may | 105 |
be placed with either of the following: | 106 |
(1) A domestic, foreign, or alien insurance company organized | 107 |
or admitted under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code to issue such a | 108 |
policy; | 109 |
(2) An insurer not holding a license in this state if the | 110 |
policy is obtained through an individual holding a surplus lines | 111 |
broker's license in accordance with sections 3905.30 to 3905.36 of | 112 |
the Revised Code. | 113 |
(D)(1) If the transportation network company requires the | 114 |
transportation network company driver to purchase an insurance | 115 |
rider to, or an endorsement of, the driver's personal automobile | 116 |
liability insurance policy, the company shall verify all of the | 117 |
following: | 118 |
(a) The driver or the owner of the personal vehicle has | 119 |
purchased the rider or endorsement before allowing the driver to | 120 |
provide transportation network company services; | 121 |
(b) The rider or endorsement remains in force continuously | 122 |
during the time the driver is providing transportation network | 123 |
company services; | 124 |
(c) The rider or endorsement covers transportation network | 125 |
company services during the time the driver is providing those | 126 |
services. | 127 |
(2) A transportation network company that fails to verify the | 128 |
information required in division (D)(1) of this section is liable, | 129 |
in the absence of a liability insurance policy meeting the | 130 |
requirements of division (A) of this section, for any damages or | 131 |
losses that would have been covered by the required insurance | 132 |
liability policy had the policy been in force when the damages or | 133 |
losses were sustained. | 134 |
Sec. 3938.03. (A) Notwithstanding any provision of the | 135 |
Revised Code or any provision in a personal lines primary or | 136 |
excess insurance policy to the contrary: | 137 |
(1) A personal lines insurer providing primary or excess | 138 |
coverage to the owner of a personal vehicle may exclude any and | 139 |
all coverage and the duty to defend and indemnify afforded under | 140 |
the personal lines insurance policy for any loss or injury that | 141 |
occurs while an insured personal vehicle or driver is providing | 142 |
transportation network company services. The right to exclude | 143 |
coverage and the duty to defend and indemnify applies to all | 144 |
coverage provided by the insurer of the driver or owner of the | 145 |
personal vehicle including all of the following: | 146 |
(a) Liability and physical damage coverage; | 147 |
(b) Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage described in | 148 |
section 3937.18 of the Revised Code; | 149 |
(c) Uninsured and underinsured motor vehicle property damage | 150 |
coverage described in section 3987.181 of the Revised Code; | 151 |
(d) Medical payments coverage for persons using or occupying | 152 |
the personal vehicle; | 153 |
(e) Comprehensive physical damage coverage; | 154 |
(f) Collision physical damage coverage. | 155 |
(2) A primary or excess insurer of the owner or driver may | 156 |
notify an insured that the insurer has no duty to defend or | 157 |
indemnify any individual or organization for liability for any | 158 |
loss that occurs while that personal vehicle is providing | 159 |
transportation network company services. | 160 |
(B) Nothing in this section requires a personal lines primary | 161 |
or excess automobile insurance policy to provide any coverage for | 162 |
a personal vehicle or driver while providing transportation | 163 |
network company services. | 164 |
(C) As used in this section, "personal lines" means a policy | 165 |
of property or casualty insurance issued to a natural person | 166 |
primarily for personal or familial protection for personal | 167 |
automobile, homeowner's, tenant's, mobile-homeowner's, | 168 |
noncommercial dwelling fire, or personal umbrella coverage. | 169 |
Sec. 3938.04. (A) For each personal vehicle used by a | 170 |
transportation network company, the company shall provide a | 171 |
written disclosure to the personal vehicle's owner and to any | 172 |
transportation network company driver before the personal vehicle | 173 |
is first used to provide transportation network company services | 174 |
and before any change in insurance by the company. The disclosure | 175 |
shall contain all of the following: | 176 |
(1) A full and clear description of the insurance coverage | 177 |
and limits provided under the company's primary insurance policy | 178 |
along with the name, address, and telephone number of the insurer; | 179 |
(2) Notice that the private passenger automobile policy of | 180 |
the owner or any driver may exclude all coverage for any loss or | 181 |
injury to the driver and to others, including property damage, and | 182 |
may exclude the duty to defend or indemnify any person or | 183 |
organization for liability for any loss or injury that occurs | 184 |
during the time transportation network company services are being | 185 |
provided. | 186 |
(3) Notice that the private passenger automobile policy of | 187 |
the owner or the driver may exclude coverage for damage to the | 188 |
vehicle, medical payments, uninsured and underinsured motorist | 189 |
damage, motor vehicle property damage, and other claims. | 190 |
(B) A transportation network company shall prominently place | 191 |
the disclosures required by division (A)(1) of this section in the | 192 |
prospective transportation network company driver's written terms | 193 |
of service and obtain the driver's acknowledgement of the terms of | 194 |
service by electronic or written signature. | 195 |
(C) If a transportation network company is providing primary | 196 |
insurance coverage under division (A)(2)(c) of section 3938.02 of | 197 |
the Revised Code, it shall provide direct notice of that fact to | 198 |
the transportation network company driver, owner, and owner's | 199 |
personal lines automobile insurer before the first use of a | 200 |
personal vehicle for transportation network company services, or | 201 |
upon the termination of the transportation network company | 202 |
driver's participation in the transportation network company. | 203 |
(D) Upon request of the owner's personal automobile insurer, | 204 |
a transportation network company shall provide all data and | 205 |
records associated with the personal vehicle while the vehicle is | 206 |
available to provide transportation network company services. | 207 |
(E) If a transportation network company is providing primary | 208 |
insurance coverage under division (A)(2)(c) of section 3938.02 of | 209 |
the Revised Code both of the following apply: | 210 |
(1) The company shall assume liability, including the costs | 211 |
of defense and indemnification, for a claim in which a dispute | 212 |
exists as to whether the loss or injury giving rise to the claim | 213 |
occurred while transportation network company services were being | 214 |
provided. The company must notify the owner and the owner's | 215 |
insurer of any such dispute within twenty-five business days after | 216 |
receiving notice of the accident giving rise to that claim. | 217 |
(2) If a personal vehicle's owner or the owner's insurer is | 218 |
named as a defendant in a civil action for any loss or injury that | 219 |
occurs while transportation network company services were being | 220 |
provided, the company shall have the duty to defend and indemnify | 221 |
the personal vehicle's owner, transportation network company | 222 |
driver, and the owner's insurer. The company and its insurer shall | 223 |
cooperate with the insurer of the personal vehicle's owner or | 224 |
transportation network company driver. | 225 |
Sec. 3938.05. (A) A transportation network company shall | 226 |
maintain a record of all personal vehicles used to provide | 227 |
transportation network company services that includes the | 228 |
following: | 229 |
(1) The name, address, driver's license number, and telephone | 230 |
number of each transportation network company driver; | 231 |
(2) The license plate number, make, model, year, and color of | 232 |
each transportation network company driver's personal vehicle; | 233 |
(3) The number of hours and miles that each transportation | 234 |
network company driver is providing transportation network company | 235 |
services. | 236 |
(B)(1) The transportation network company shall maintain an | 237 |
electronic record of each transportation network company service | 238 |
provided by a transportation network company driver. The record | 239 |
shall include all of the following information: | 240 |
(a) The license plate number of the personal vehicle used; | 241 |
(b) The name of the transportation network company driver; | 242 |
(c) The name of the rider; | 243 |
(d) The date the transportation network company service was | 244 |
provided; | 245 |
(e) The time the transportation network company driver was | 246 |
matched with the rider; | 247 |
(f) The times the transportation network company service | 248 |
began and ended; | 249 |
(g) The number of miles of the transportation network company | 250 |
service; | 251 |
(h) The final address of the transportation network company | 252 |
service; | 253 |
(i) The total compensation paid, if any. | 254 |
(2) The transportation network company shall maintain each | 255 |
record required under division (B)(1) of this section for a period | 256 |
of three years. | 257 |
(C) A transportation network company shall not disclose to a | 258 |
third party any personally identifiable information of a rider | 259 |
unless one of the following applies: | 260 |
(1) The rider knowingly consents to the disclosure; | 261 |
(2) The disclosure is pursuant to a statutory or common law | 262 |
duty, responsibility, or other legal obligation, including as part | 263 |
of any accreditation, licensing, or registration requirement; | 264 |
(3) The disclosure is made to the superintendent of insurance | 265 |
in accordance with section 3901.04 of the Revised Code. The | 266 |
information disclosed is not a public record under section 149.43 | 267 |
of the Revised Code. | 268 |
Sec. 3938.06. No person shall violate section 3938.02, | 269 |
3938.04, or 3938.05 of the Revised Code. Failure to maintain an | 270 |
automobile liability insurance policy in violation of division (A) | 271 |
of section 3938.02 of the Revised Code constitutes a violation by | 272 |
both the transportation network company driver and the | 273 |
transportation network company. | 274 |
Sec. 3938.07. The regulation of insurance related to | 275 |
transportation network company services and the provision of | 276 |
transportation network company services is a matter of general | 277 |
statewide interest that requires statewide regulation. Chapter | 278 |
3938. of the Revised Code constitutes a comprehensive plan with | 279 |
respect to all aspects of insurance for transportation network | 280 |
companies and the provision of transportation network company | 281 |
services, and it is the intent of the general assembly to preempt | 282 |
any local ordinance, resolution, or other law adopted to impose, | 283 |
require, or otherwise regulate insurance requirements for | 284 |
transportation network companies and the provision of | 285 |
transportation network company services. | 286 |
Sec. 3938.99. Whoever violates section 3938.06 of the Revised | 287 |
Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. | 288 |