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CA Bus & Prof Code § 7448 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 1 - Title, Findings and Declarations, and Statement of Purpose|Section 7448.

7448.  Title. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Protect App-Based Drivers and Services Act.(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7450 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 1 - Title, Findings and Declarations, and Statement of Purpose|Section 7450.

7450.  Statement of Purpose. The purposes of this chapter are as follows:(a) To protect the basic legal right of Californians to choose to work as independent contractors with rideshare and delivery network companies throughout the state.(b) To protect the individual right of every app-based rideshare and delivery driver to have the flexibility to set their own hours for when, where, and how they work.(c) To require rideshare and delivery network companies to offer new protections and benefits for app-based rideshare and delivery drivers, including minimum compensation levels, insurance to cover on-the-job injuries, automobile accident insurance, health care subsidies for qualifying drivers, protection against harassment and discrimination, and mandatory contractual rights and appeal processes.(d) To improve public safety by requiring criminal background checks, driver safety training, and other safety provisions to help ensure app-based rideshare and delivery drivers do not pose a threat to customers or the public.(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7451 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 2 - App-Based Driver Independence|Section 7451.

7451.  Protecting Independence. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, the Labor Code, the Unemployment Insurance Code, and any orders, regulations, or opinions of the Department of Industrial Relations or any board, division, or commission within the Department of Industrial Relations, an app-based driver is an independent contractor and not an employee or agent with respect to the app-based driver’s relationship with a network company if the following conditions are met:(a) The network company does not unilaterally prescribe specific dates, times of day, or a minimum number of hours during which the app-based driver must be logged into the network company’s online-enabled application or platform.(b) The network company does not require the app-based driver to accept any specific rideshare service or delivery service request as a condition of maintaining access to the network company’s online-enabled application or platform.(c) The network company does not restrict the app-based driver from performing rideshare services or delivery services through other network companies except during engaged time.(d) The network company does not restrict the app-based driver from working in any other lawful occupation or business.(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7452 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 2 - App-Based Driver Independence|Section 7452.

7452.  Contract and Termination Provisions. (a) A network company and an app-based driver shall enter into a written agreement prior to the driver receiving access to the network company’s online-enabled application or platform.(b) A network company shall not terminate a contract with an app-based driver unless based upon a ground specified in the contract.(c) Network companies shall provide an appeals process for app-based drivers whose contracts are terminated by the network company.(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7452.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 2 - App-Based Driver Independence|Section 7452.5.

7452.5.  Independence Unaffected. Nothing in Article 3 (commencing with Section 7453) to Article 11 (commencing with Section 7467), inclusive, of this chapter shall be interpreted to in any way alter the relationship between a network company and an app-based driver for whom the conditions set forth in Section 7451 are satisfied.(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7456 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 5 - Antidiscrimination and Public Safety|Section 7456.

7456.  Antidiscrimination. (a) It is an unlawful practice, unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or public or app-based driver safety need, for a network company to refuse to contract with, terminate the contract of, or deactivate from the network company’s online-enabled application or platform, any app-based driver or prospective app-based driver based upon race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, or military or veteran status.(b) Claims brought pursuant to this section shall be brought solely under the procedures established by the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Section 51 of the Civil Code) and will be governed by its requirements and remedies.(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7457 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 5 - Antidiscrimination and Public Safety|Section 7457.

7457.  Sexual Harassment Prevention. (a) A network company shall develop a sexual harassment policy intended to protect app-based drivers and members of the public using rideshare services or delivery services. The policy shall be available on the network company’s internet website. The policy shall, at a minimum, do all of the following:(1) Identify behaviors that may constitute sexual harassment, including the following: unwanted sexual advances; leering, gestures, or displaying sexually suggestive objects, pictures, cartoons, or posters; derogatory comments, epithets, slurs, or jokes; graphic comments, sexually degrading words, or suggestive or obscene messages or invitations; and physical touching or assault, as well as impeding or blocking movements.(2) Indicate that the network company, and in many instances the law, prohibits app-based drivers and customers utilizing rideshare services or delivery services from committing prohibited harassment.(3) Establish a process for app-based drivers, customers, and rideshare passengers to submit complaints that ensures confidentiality to the extent possible; an impartial and timely investigation; and remedial actions and resolutions based on the information collected during the investigation process.(4) Provide an opportunity for app-based drivers and customers utilizing rideshare services or delivery services to submit complaints electronically so complaints can be resolved quickly.(5) Indicate that when the network company receives allegations of misconduct, it will conduct a fair, timely, and thorough investigation to reach reasonable conclusions based on the information collected.(6) Make clear that neither app-based drivers nor customers utilizing rideshare services or delivery services shall be retaliated against as a result of making a good faith complaint or participating in an investigation against another app-based driver, customer, or rideshare passenger.(b) Prior to providing rideshare services or delivery services through a network company’s online-enabled application or platform, an app-based driver shall do both of the following:(1) Review the network company’s sexual harassment policy.(2) Confirm to the network company, for which electronic confirmation shall suffice, that the app-based driver has reviewed the network company’s sexual harassment policy.(c) Claims brought pursuant to this section shall be brought solely under the procedures established by the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Section 51 of the Civil Code) and will be governed by its requirements and remedies.(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7459 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 5 - Antidiscrimination and Public Safety|Section 7459.

7459.  Safety Training. (a) A network company shall require an app-based driver to complete the training described in this section prior to allowing the app-based driver to utilize the network company’s online-enabled application or platform.(b) A network company shall provide each app-based driver safety training. The safety training required by this section shall include the following subjects:(1) Collision avoidance and defensive driving techniques.(2) Identification of collision-causing elements such as excessive speed, DUI, and distracted driving.(3) Recognition and reporting of sexual assault and misconduct.(4) For app-based drivers delivering prepared food or groceries, food safety information relevant to the delivery of food, including temperature control.(c) The training may, at the discretion of the network company, be provided via online, video, or in-person training.(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any app-based driver that has entered into a contract with a network company prior to January 1, 2021, to provide rideshare services or delivery services shall have until July 1, 2021, to complete the safety training required by this section, and may continue to provide rideshare services or delivery services through the network company’s online-enabled application or platform until that date. On and after July 1, 2021, app-based drivers described in this subdivision must complete the training required by this section in order to continue providing rideshare services and delivery services.(e) Any safety product, feature, process, policy, standard, or other effort undertaken by a network company, or the provision of equipment by a network company, to further public safety is not an indicia of an employment or agency relationship with an app-based driver.(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7460 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 5 - Antidiscrimination and Public Safety|Section 7460.

7460.  Zero Tolerance Policies. (a) A network company shall institute a “zero tolerance policy” that mandates prompt suspension of an app-based driver’s access to the network company’s online-enabled application or platform in any instance in which the network company receives a report through its online-enabled application or platform, or by any other company-approved method, from any person who reasonably suspects the app-based driver is under the influence of drugs or alcohol while providing rideshare services or delivery services.(b) Upon receiving a report described in subdivision (a), a network company shall promptly suspend the app-based driver from the company’s online-enabled application or platform for further investigation.(c) A network company may suspend access to the network company’s online-enabled application or platform for any app-based driver or customer found to be reporting an alleged violation of a zero tolerance policy as described in subdivision (a) where that driver or customer knows the report to be unfounded or based the report on an intent to inappropriately deny a driver access to the online-enabled application or platform.(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7460.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 5 - Antidiscrimination and Public Safety|Section 7460.5.

7460.5.  A network company shall make continuously and exclusively available to law enforcement a mechanism to submit requests for information to aid in investigations related to emergency situations, exigent circumstances, and critical incidents.(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7461 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 5 - Antidiscrimination and Public Safety|Section 7461.

7461.  App-based Driver Rest. An app-based driver shall not be logged in and driving on a network company’s online-enabled application or platform for more than a cumulative total of 12 hours in any 24-hour period, unless that driver has already logged off for an uninterrupted period of 6 hours. If an app-based driver has been logged on and driving for more than a cumulative total of 12 hours in any 24-hour period, without logging off for an uninterrupted period of 6 hours, the driver shall be prohibited from logging back into the network company’s online-enabled application or platform for an uninterrupted period of at least 6 hours.(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7462 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 5 - Antidiscrimination and Public Safety|Section 7462.

7462.  Impersonating an App-Based Driver. Any person who fraudulently impersonates an app-based driver while providing or attempting to provide rideshare or delivery services shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for up to six months, or a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both. Nothing in this subdivision precludes prosecution under any other law.(b) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who fraudulently impersonates an app-based driver while providing or attempting to provide rideshare services or delivery services in the commission or attempted commission of an offense described in Section 207, 209, 220, 261, 264.1, 286, 287, 288, or 289 of the Penal Code shall be sentenced to an additional term of five years.(c) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who fraudulently impersonates an app-based driver while providing or attempting to provide rideshare services or delivery services in the commission of a felony or attempted felony and in so doing personally inflicts great bodily injury to another person other than an accomplice shall be sentenced to an additional term of five years.(d) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who fraudulently impersonates an app-based driver while providing or attempting to provide rideshare services or delivery services in the commission of a felony or attempted felony and in so doing causes the death of another person other than an accomplice shall be sentenced to an additional term of 10 years.(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7464 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 7 - Uniform Work Standards|Section 7464.

7464.  (a) The performance of a single rideshare service or delivery service frequently requires an app-based driver to travel across the jurisdictional boundaries of multiple local governments. California has over 500 cities and counties, which can lead to overlapping, inconsistent, and contradictory local regulations for cross-jurisdictional services.(b) In light of the cross-jurisdictional nature of the rideshare services and delivery services, and in addition to the other requirements and standards established by this chapter, the state hereby occupies the field in the following areas:(1) App-based driver compensation and gratuity, except as provided in Section 7453.(2) App-based driver scheduling, leave, health care subsidies, and any other work-related stipends, subsidies, or benefits.(3) App-based driver licensing and insurance requirements.(4) App-based driver rights with respect to a network company’s termination of an app-based driver’s contract.(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), nothing in this section shall limit a local government’s ability to adopt local ordinances necessary to punish the commission of misdemeanor and felony crimes or to enforce local ordinances and regulations enacted prior to October 29, 2019.(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7464.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 8 - Income Reporting|Section 7464.5.

7464.5.  (a) A network company that is acting as a third-party settlement organization shall prepare an information return for each participating payee who is an app-based driver with a California address that has a gross amount of reportable payment transactions equal to or greater than six hundred dollars ($600) during a calendar year, irrespective of the number of transactions between the third-party settlement organization and the payee. A third-party settlement organization must report these amounts to the Franchise Tax Board and furnish a copy to the payee, even if it does not have a federal reporting obligation. The information return shall identify the following:(1) The name, address, and tax identification number of the participating payee.(2) The gross amount of the reportable payment transactions with respect to the participating payee.(b) Within 30 days following the date such an information return would be due to the Internal Revenue Service, a network company shall file a copy of any information return required by subdivision (a) with the Franchise Tax Board and shall provide a copy to the participating payee.(c) A network company may fulfill this requirement by submitting a copy of Internal Revenue Service Form 1099-K or by submitting a form provided by the Franchise Tax Board that includes the same information as that on Cal-1099-K.(d) For purposes of this section:(1) “Participating payee” has the same meaning as provided in Section 6050W(d)(1)(A)(ii) of Title 26 of the United States Code.(2) “Reportable payment transaction” has the same meaning as provided in Section 6050W(c)(1) of Title 26 of the United States Code.(3) “Third-party settlement organization” has the same meaning as provided in Section 6050W(b)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.(e) This section shall not apply in instances where the gross amount of reportable payment transactions for a participating payee in a calendar year is less than six hundred dollars ($600) or where the participating payee is not an app-based driver.(f) This section shall apply to reportable payment transactions occurring on or after January 1, 2021.(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7465 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 9 - Amendment|Section 7465.

7465.  (a) After the effective date of this chapter, the Legislature may amend this chapter by a statute passed in each house of the Legislature by rollcall vote entered into the journal, seven-eighths of the membership concurring, provided that the statute is consistent with, and furthers the purpose of, this chapter. No bill seeking to amend this chapter after the effective date of this chapter may be passed or ultimately become a statute unless the bill has been printed and distributed to members, and published on the internet, in its final form, for at least 12 business days prior to its passage in either house of the Legislature.(b) No statute enacted after October 29, 2019, but prior to the effective date of this chapter, that would constitute an amendment of this chapter, shall be operative after the effective date of this chapter unless the statute was passed in accordance with the requirements of subdivision (a).(c) (1) The purposes of this chapter are described in Article 1 (commencing with Section 7448).(2) Any statute that amends Section 7451 does not further the purposes of this chapter.(3) Any statute that prohibits app-based drivers from performing a particular rideshare service or delivery service while allowing other individuals or entities to perform the same rideshare service or delivery service, or otherwise imposes unequal regulatory burdens upon app-based drivers based on their classification status, constitutes an amendment of this chapter and must be enacted in compliance with the procedures governing amendments consistent with the purposes of this chapter as set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b).(4) Any statute that authorizes any entity or organization to represent the interests of app-based drivers in connection with drivers’ contractual relationships with network companies, or drivers’ compensation, benefits, or working conditions, constitutes an amendment of this chapter and must be enacted in compliance with the procedures governing amendments consistent with the purposes of this chapter as set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b).(d) Any statute that imposes additional misdemeanor or felony penalties in order to provide greater protection against criminal activity for app-based drivers and individuals using rideshare services or delivery services may be enacted by the Legislature by rollcall vote entered into the journal, a majority of the membership of each house concurring, without complying with subdivisions (a) and (b).(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7466 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10.5 - App-Based Drivers and Services|ARTICLE 10 - Regulations|Section 7466.

7466.  (a) Emergency regulations may be adopted by Covered California in order to implement and administer subdivisions (c) and (g) of Section 7454.(b) Any emergency regulation adopted pursuant to this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and, for purposes of that chapter, including Section 11349.6 of the Government Code, the adoption of the regulation is an emergency and shall be considered by the Office of Administrative Law as necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and general welfare. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the emergency regulations adopted by Covered California may remain in effect for two years from the date of adoption.(Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 22, Sec. 1. Effective December 16, 2020.)