Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Title 291 - NEBRASKA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - MOTOR CARRIER RULES AND REGULATIONS › Section 291-3-012 - TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES

Current through June 17, 2024
012.01
APPLICABILITY OF RULES
: The rules and regulations
				found in Chapter 3, Sections 001 through 011 of Title 291 of the Nebraska
				Administrative Code will not apply to transportation network companies. If
				there is a conflict between Chapter 3, Sections 001 through 011 of Title 291 of
				the Nebraska Administrative Code and these rules regarding the regulation of
				transportation network companies, these rules and regulations will
				apply.
012.02
DEFINITIONS
: In addition to other definitions used in
				this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions
				apply:
012.02A Application open stage means
				the time period from the moment a participating driver logs on to the
				transportation network company's online-enabled application or platform until
				the driver accepts a request to transport a passenger and from the moment the
				driver completes the transaction on the online-enabled application or platform
				or the passenger exits the vehicle, whichever is later, until the driver either
				accepts another ride request on the online-enabled application or platform or
				logs off the online-enabled application or platform.
012.02B Commission means the Nebraska Public
				Service Commission.
012.02C Engaged
				stage means the time period from the moment a participating driver accepts a
				ride request on the transportation network company online-enabled application
				or platform.
012.02D Insurance
				policy means a policy placed with an authorized Nebraska insurer or with a
				surplus lines insurer pursuant to Chapter 44 of the Nebraska Revised
				Statutes.
012.02E Participating
				driver or driver means any person who uses a personal vehicle in connection
				with a transportation network company's online-enabled application or platform
				to connect with passengers.
012.02F
				Passenger means a passenger in a personal vehicle for whom a driver provides
				transportation and who is connected with a driver by a transportation network
				company's online-enabled application or platform.
012.02G Passengers on board stage means the
				time period when there are passengers in the vehicle pursuant to the driver's
				participation in a transportation network company.
012.02H Personal vehicle means a passenger
				car as defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. §
										60-345
				that a driver owns, leases or is otherwise authorized to use to provide
				services on a transportation network company's online-enabled application or
				platform.
012.02I Prearranged ride
				means a ride in which a participating driver is matched to a passenger through
				a transportation network company's online-enabled application or platform and
				does not include the on-demand summoning of a ride or street hail. Prearranged
				ride does not include shared-expense carpool or vanpool arrangements.
				Prearranged ride does not include activity by the participating driver to
				personally solicit passengers or initiate contact with potential
				passengers.
012.02J Service means
				the provision of transportation by a driver to a passenger with whom a
				transportation network company matches the driver.
012.02K Transportation network company means
				an organization, including a corporation, a limited liability company, a
				partnership, a sole proprietor, or any other entity, operating in this state
				that provides prearranged transportation services for compensation using an
				online-enabled application or platform to connect passengers with participating
				drivers using a personal vehicle. Transportation network company does not
				include Medicaid nonemergency medical transportation brokerage services
				provided pursuant to a contract with the Department of Health and Human
				Services.
012.02L Transportation
				network company insurance means an insurance policy that covers loss arising
				from a participating driver's use of a personal vehicle in connection with a
				transportation network company's online-enabled application or
				platform.