Terms Used In Ohio Code 4516.02

• agreement: means an agreement established through the peer-to-peer car sharing program that serves as a contract between the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the shared vehicle owner, and the shared vehicle driver and describes the specific terms and conditions of the agreement, including the car sharing period and the location or locations for transfer of possession. See Ohio Code 4516.01
• Car sharing delivery period: means the period of time in which a shared vehicle is being delivered to the location for the shared vehicle driver to take possession of the shared vehicle, in accordance with the peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement. See Ohio Code 4516.01
• Car sharing period: means the period of time that commences with the car sharing delivery period or, if there is no car sharing delivery period, with the car sharing start time, in accordance with the peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement, and ends with the car sharing termination time. See Ohio Code 4516.01
• Car sharing start time: means either the point in time when the shared vehicle driver takes possession of the shared vehicle or the point in time when the shared vehicle driver was scheduled to take possession of the shared vehicle, whichever occurs first. See Ohio Code 4516.01
• Car sharing termination time: means the point in time when the earliest of the following events occurs:

  (1) The expiration time established in the peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement for use of the shared vehicle, provided that the shared vehicle is returned to the location designated in the agreement by the expiration time;

  (2) The shared vehicle is returned to an alternate location, if the shared vehicle owner and the shared vehicle driver agree on the alternate location, as communicated through the peer-to-peer car sharing program, and the alternate location is incorporated into the peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement. See Ohio Code 4516.01

• Peer-to-peer car sharing: means the authorized use of a motor vehicle by an individual other than the motor vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. See Ohio Code 4516.01
• Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
• program: means a person who operates a business platform that connects a shared vehicle owner to a shared vehicle driver to enable the sharing of vehicles for financial consideration. See Ohio Code 4516.01
• Shared vehicle: means a personal motor vehicle that is registered as a passenger car under Chapter 4503 of the Revised Code or a substantially similar law in another state and that is enrolled in a peer-to-peer car sharing program. See Ohio Code 4516.01
• Shared vehicle driver: means a person authorized by a shared vehicle owner, in accordance with the terms and conditions of a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement, to operate a shared vehicle during a car sharing period. See Ohio Code 4516.01
• Shared vehicle owner: means a registered owner of a shared vehicle or a person designated by the registered owner. See Ohio Code 4516.01
• state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59