(a) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall not enter into a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement with a driver unless the driver who will operate the shared vehicle:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-12-308

  • Driver: means :
    (A) For purposes of a conventionally operated vehicle, every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or an engaged ADS. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Shared vehicle driver: means an individual who has been authorized to drive the shared vehicle by the shared vehicle owner under a car sharing program agreement. See Tennessee Code 55-12-301
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
(1) Holds a driver license issued under the laws of this state that authorizes the driver to operate vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle;
(2) Is a nonresident who:

(A) Has a driver license issued by the state or country of the driver’s residence that authorizes the driver in that state or country to drive vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle; and
(B) Is at least the same age as that required of a resident to drive; or
(3) Otherwise is specifically authorized by the laws of this state to drive vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle.
(b) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall keep a record of:

(1) The name and address of the shared vehicle driver;
(2) The number of the driver license of the shared vehicle driver and each other person, if any, who will operate the shared vehicle; and
(3) The place of issuance of the driver license.
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