(a) A transportation network company shall, for each motor vehicle used by a driver to provide digitally prearranged rides through the company's digital network:
- (1) require the vehicle to meet the requirements of Chapter 548, Transportation Code; and
(2) confirm that the vehicle has:
- (A) four doors; and
- (B) a maximum passenger capacity of not more than eight people, including the driver.
- (b) A vehicle used to provide digitally prearranged rides may be owned, leased, or rented by, or otherwise made available to, the driver.
- (c) Section 547.607, Transportation Code, does not apply to a personal vehicle used to provide digitally prearranged rides.
- (d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2)(A), an automated motor vehicle that is used to provide digitally prearranged rides is not required to have four doors.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 231 (H.B. 100), Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 2017.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1034 (S.B. 2807), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.