As used in this chapter:
- (1) "Car sharing delivery period" means the period of time during which a shared vehicle is being delivered to the location for transfer of possession of the shared vehicle pursuant to the agreement.
(2) "Car sharing period" means the period of time from:
- (a) the car sharing delivery period until the car sharing termination time; or
- (b) if there is no car sharing delivery period, the car sharing start time until the car sharing termination time.
- (3) "Car sharing program agreement" or "agreement" means the terms and conditions that govern the use, duration of time, and location for transfer of possession of a shared vehicle through a peer-to-peer car sharing program.
- (4) "Car sharing start time" means the time when the shared vehicle becomes subject to the control of the shared vehicle driver at or after the time the reservation of a shared vehicle is scheduled to begin as documented in the records of a peer-to-peer car sharing program.
(5) "Car sharing termination time" means the earliest of the following events:
- (a) the expiration of the agreed-upon period of time established for the use of a shared vehicle according to the terms of the car sharing program agreement, provided that the shared vehicle is delivered to the location agreed upon in the car sharing program agreement;
- (b) when the shared vehicle is returned to a location as alternately agreed upon by the shared vehicle owner and shared vehicle driver as communicated through a peer-to-peer car sharing program, which alternatively agreed upon location shall be incorporated into the car sharing program agreement; or
- (c) when the shared vehicle owner or owner's designee takes possession and control of the shared vehicle.
- (6) "Peer-to-peer car sharing" means the authorized use of a shared vehicle by an individual other than the vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car sharing program pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
- (7) "Peer-to-peer car sharing program" or "program" means a business platform that connects vehicle owners with drivers to enable the sharing of vehicles for financial consideration.
- (8) "Peer-to-peer car sharing transaction" means the payment of monetary consideration from a shared vehicle driver in exchange for the use of a shared vehicle for peer-to-peer car sharing.
- (9) "Shared vehicle" means a vehicle that is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car sharing program.
- (10) "Shared vehicle driver" means an individual who has been authorized to drive the shared vehicle pursuant to a valid car sharing program agreement.
- (11) "Shared vehicle owner" means the registered owner of a shared vehicle or his designee.
HISTORY: 2025 Act No. 20 (S.307), SECTION 1, eff May 8, 2025.