Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-702

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Motor vehicle: means any vehicle of a type required to be registered under chapter 286, including a trailer attached to such a vehicle, but not including motorcycles and motor scooters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
  • Transportation network company: means an entity that uses a digital network or software application service to connect passengers to transportation network company drivers; provided that the entity:

    (1) Does not own, control, operate, or manage the personal vehicles used by transportation network company drivers; and

    (2) Is not a taxicab association or a for-hire vehicle owner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-701

  • Transportation network company driver: means an individual who operates a personal vehicle used to transport a passenger between points chosen by the passenger and prearranged through a transportation network company and that is:

    (1) Owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the individual;

    (2) Not a taxicab or for-hire vehicle; and

    (3) Used to provide prearranged rides to passengers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-701

Solely for the purposes of this article, neither a transportation network company nor a transportation network company driver shall be deemed to be a common carrier by motor vehicle, a contract carrier by motor vehicle, a motor carrier as defined in § 271-4, a taxicab, or a for-hire vehicle service.