Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter NEW01 - [PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING PROGRAM ACT] (§§ 63-NEW01-NEW-001 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Section 63-NEW01-NEW-002 - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Effective 1/17/2025] Definitions

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings defined herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a)
"Car sharing delivery period" means the period of time during which a shared vehicle is being delivered to the location of the car sharing start time, if applicable, as documented by the governing car sharing program agreement.
(b)
"Car sharing period" means the period of time that commences with the car sharing delivery period or, if there is no car sharing delivery period, the period of time that commences with the car sharing start time and in either case ends at the car sharing termination time.
(c)
"Car sharing program agreement" means the terms and conditions applicable to a shared vehicle owner and a shared vehicle driver that governs the use of a shared vehicle through a peer-to-peer car sharing program.
(d)
"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.
(e)
"Car sharing termination time" means the earliest of the following events:
(i)
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 if the shared vehicle is delivered to the location agreed upon in the car sharing program agreement;
(ii)
When the shared vehicle is returned to a location as alternatively 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
(iii)
When the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle owner's authorized designee, takes possession and control of the shared vehicle.
(f)
"Peer-to-peer car sharing" means the authorized use of a vehicle by an individual other than the vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. This term shall not be construed to mean rental car or rental activity.
(g)
"Peer-to-peer car sharing program" means a business platform that connects vehicle owners with drivers to enable the sharing of vehicles for financial consideration. This term shall not mean rental car company. An individual or business entity lawfully engaging in a peer-to-peer car sharing program shall not be considered as any of the following:
(i)
As a "rental company" as that term is defined in Section
27-19-40(4)
;
(ii)
As being engaged in renting a motor vehicle to another within the meaning of Section
63-1-67
;
(iii)
As a "transportation network company" as that term is defined in Section
77-8-1
; or
(iv)
As being engaged in the business of renting motor vehicles under rental agreements within the meaning of Section
75-24-8
.
(h)
"Shared vehicle" means a vehicle that is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car sharing program.
(i)
"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.
(j)
"Shared vehicle owner" means the registered owner, or a person or entity designated by the registered owner, of a vehicle made available for sharing to shared vehicle drivers through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. A shared vehicle owner shall not mean a person "renting a motor vehicle to another" as that activity is described in Section
63-1-67
. A shared vehicle owner is not "engaged in the business of renting motor vehicles under rental agreements" within the meaning of Section
75-24-8
.
Added by Laws, 2024, ch. 429, SB 2530,§ 2, eff. 1/17/2025.