(a)        Every transportation network company must obtain a permit from the Division before operating in the State. Every transportation network company must pay to the Division a nonrefundable application fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(b)        Every transportation network company must renew the permit annually and pay to the Division a nonrefundable renewal fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(c)        The Division must prescribe the form of the application for a permit and renewal of a permit.

(d)       The initial application and renewal application must require information sufficient to confirm compliance with this Article and include the following:

(1)        Proof of insurance meeting the requirements of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-280.4 This subdivision does not apply to brokering transportation network companies.

(2)        Resident agent for service of process.

(3)        Proof the transportation network company is registered with the Secretary of State to do business in the State if the transportation network company is a foreign corporation.

(4)        Policy of nondiscrimination based on customers’ geographic departure point or destination.

(5)        Policy of nondiscrimination based on customers’ race, color, national origin, religious belief or affiliation, sex, disability, or age.

(e)        The Division may retain the fees collected under this section and use the funds for its operations. ?(2015-237, s. 1.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 20-280.3

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. See North Carolina General Statutes 20-137.6
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3