Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-2803

  • Act: means the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program act. See Kansas Statutes 8-2802
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing: means the authorized use of a shared vehicle by an individual other than the shared vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program. See Kansas Statutes 8-2802
  • Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program: means a business platform that connects vehicle owners with drivers to enable the sharing of vehicles for financial consideration. See Kansas Statutes 8-2802
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Shared vehicle: means a vehicle that is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program. See Kansas Statutes 8-2802
  • Shared vehicle driver: means an individual who has been authorized to drive the shared vehicle by the shared vehicle owner under a vehicle sharing program agreement. See Kansas Statutes 8-2802
  • Shared vehicle owner: means the registered owner, or a person or entity designated by the registered owner, of a vehicle made available for sharing to shared vehicle drivers through a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program. See Kansas Statutes 8-2802
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Vehicle sharing period: means the period of time that commences with the vehicle sharing delivery period or, if there is no vehicle sharing delivery period, that commences with the vehicle sharing start time and, in either case, that ends at the vehicle sharing termination time. See Kansas Statutes 8-2802
  • Vehicle sharing program agreement: means the terms and conditions applicable to a shared vehicle owner, a shared vehicle driver and a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program that govern the use of a shared vehicle through a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program. See Kansas Statutes 8-2802

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program shall assume liability of a shared vehicle owner for bodily injury or property damage to third parties for uninsured and underinsured motorist or personal injury protection losses during the vehicle sharing period in amounts stated in the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program agreement that shall not be less than those set forth in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 40-3107, and amendments thereto.

(b) Notwithstanding the definition of “vehicle sharing termination time” as defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-2802, and amendments thereto, the assumption of liability under subsection (a) shall not apply to any shared vehicle owner when:

(1) A shared vehicle owner makes an intentional or fraudulent material misrepresentation or omission of fact to the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program before the vehicle sharing period in which the loss occurred; or

(2) acting in concert with a shared vehicle driver who fails to return the shared vehicle pursuant to the terms of the vehicle sharing program agreement.

(c) Notwithstanding the definition of “vehicle sharing termination time” as defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-2802, and amendments thereto, the assumption of liability under subsection (a) shall apply to bodily injury, property damage, uninsured and underinsured motorist or personal injury protection losses by damaged third parties as required by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 40-3107, and amendments thereto.

(d) A peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program shall ensure that, during each vehicle sharing period, the shared vehicle owner and the shared vehicle driver are insured under a motor vehicle liability insurance policy that provides insurance coverage in amounts not less than the minimum amounts set forth in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 40-3107, and amendments thereto, and the policy:

(1) Recognizes that the vehicle insured under the policy has been made available as a shared vehicle and is used through a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program; or

(2) does not exclude use of the vehicle by a shared vehicle driver.

(e) The insurance described under subsection (d) may be satisfied by motor vehicle liability insurance maintained by a:

(1) Shared vehicle owner;

(2) shared vehicle driver;

(3) peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program;

(4) shared vehicle owner and a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program; or

(5) shared vehicle driver and a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program.

(f) The insurance described under subsection (e) that satisfies the insurance requirement of subsection (d) shall be primary during each vehicle sharing period. In the event that a claim occurs in another state with insurance policy coverage amounts that exceed the minimum amounts set forth in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 40-3107, and amendments thereto, during the vehicle sharing period, the coverage maintained under subsection (e) shall satisfy the difference in minimum coverage amounts up to the applicable policy limits.

(g) The insurer or peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program shall assume primary liability for a claim when it is in whole or in part providing the insurance required under subsections (d) and (e) and:

(1) A dispute exists as to who was in control of the shared vehicle at the time of the loss or a dispute exists as to whether the shared vehicle was returned to the alternatively agreed upon location as required by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-2802(k), and amendments thereto; and

(2) the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program does not have available, did not retain or fails to provide the information required under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-2806, and amendments thereto.

(h) If insurance maintained by a shared vehicle owner or shared vehicle driver in accordance with subsection (e) has lapsed or does not provide the required coverage, then insurance maintained by a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program shall provide the coverage required by subsection (d) beginning with the first dollar of a claim and shall have the duty to defend such claim except under circumstances described in subsection (b).

(i) Coverage under a motor vehicle liability insurance policy maintained by the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program shall not be dependent on another motor vehicle insurer first denying a claim nor shall another motor vehicle insurance policy be required to first deny a claim.

(j) Nothing in this section shall be construed to:

(1) Limit the liability of the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program for any act or omission of the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program itself that results in injury to any person as a result of the use of a shared vehicle through the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program; or

(2) limit the ability of the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program to contractually seek indemnification from the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle driver for economic loss sustained by the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program resulting from a breach of the terms and conditions of the vehicle sharing program agreement.