Terms Used In Michigan Laws 257.2143

  • Transportation network company: means a person operating in this state that uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide transportation network company prearranged rides. See Michigan Laws 257.2102
  • Transportation network company driver: means an individual who satisfies all of the following:
    (i) Receives connections to potential passengers and related services from a transportation network company in exchange for payment of a fee to the transportation network company. See Michigan Laws 257.2102
  • Transportation network company prearranged ride: means the provision of transportation by a transportation network company driver to a transportation network company rider, beginning when a transportation network company driver accepts a ride requested by a transportation network company rider through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company, continuing while the transportation network company driver transports the requesting transportation network company rider, and ending when the last requesting transportation network company rider departs from the personal vehicle. See Michigan Laws 257.2102
  •     (1) A transportation network company driver shall not solicit or accept cash payments from transportation network company riders for transportation network company prearranged rides.
        (2) A payment for a transportation network company prearranged ride shall only be made electronically using a transportation network company’s digital network.
        (3) A transportation network company shall adopt a policy prohibiting a transportation network company driver from soliciting or accepting cash payments from transportation network company riders, and shall notify transportation network company drivers using its digital platform of the policy required by this subsection.