13-51-103.  Exemptions — Transportation network company and transportation network driver.

(1)  A transportation network company or a transportation network driver is not subject to the requirements applicable to:

(a)  a motor carrier, under Title 72, Chapter 9, Motor Carrier Safety Act;

(b)  a common carrier, under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act; or

(c)  a taxicab, under Title 53, Chapter 3, Uniform Driver License Act.

(2)  A transportation network driver is:

(a) 

(i)  an independent contractor of a transportation network company; and

(ii)  not an employee of a transportation network company; or

(b)  for a motor vehicle with a level four or five automated driving system as defined in Section 41-26-102.1, in driverless operation, an automated driving system if dispatched:

(i)  at the direction of, on behalf of, or as an agent of a transportation network company; or

(ii)  at the direction of, on behalf of, or as an agent of a third party pursuant to an agreement between the third party and a transportation network company, operated on behalf of and as an agent of the transportation network company.

Amended by Chapter 459, 2019 General Session