Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 28 > Chapter 30 > Article 3 - Transportation Network Companies

• Alcohol: means any substance containing any form of alcohol, including ethanol, methanol, propynol and isopropynol. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Autonomous vehicle: means a motor vehicle that is equipped with an automated driving system. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Digital network or software application: means any online-enabled application, software, website or system that is offered or used by a transportation network company and that enables a potential passenger to arrange a ride with a transportation network company driver. See Arizona Laws 28-9551
• Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Driver: means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Driver license: means a license that is issued by a state to an individual and that authorizes the individual to drive a motor vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Owner: means :

  (a) A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101

• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Taxi: means a motor vehicle that has a seating capacity not exceeding fifteen passengers, including the driver, that provides passenger services and that:

  (a) Does not primarily operate on a regular route or between specified places. See Arizona Laws 28-101

• Trade dress: means a removable and distinct logo, insignia or emblem attached to or visible from the exterior of either of the following:

  (a) A transportation network company vehicle during the performance of transportation network services. See Arizona Laws 28-9551

• Transportation network company: means an entity that has been issued a permit pursuant to this article, that operates in this state, that uses a digital network or software application to connect passengers to transportation network services provided by transportation network company drivers and that may but is not deemed to own, operate or control a personal motor vehicle of a transportation network company driver. See Arizona Laws 28-9551
• Transportation network company driver: means an individual who 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 and who operates a motor vehicle that is both of the following:

  (a) Owned, leased or otherwise authorized for use by the individual. See Arizona Laws 28-9551

• Transportation network company vehicle: means a motor vehicle that meets all of the following:

  (a) Has a seating capacity not exceeding eight passengers, including the driver. See Arizona Laws 28-9551

• Transportation network services: means the transportation of a passenger between points chosen by the passenger and arranged with a transportation network company driver through the use of a transportation network company's digital network or software application beginning when a transportation network company driver accepts a request for transportation network services received through the transportation network company's digital network or software application, continuing while the transportation network company driver provides transportation network services in a transportation network company vehicle and ending when the passenger exits the transportation network company vehicle or when the trip is canceled. See Arizona Laws 28-9551
• Vehicle for hire: means a taxi, livery vehicle or limousine. See Arizona Laws 28-9501
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215