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California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1360


Introduced by Assembly Member Ting

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chang, Gatto, and Wilk)

February 27, 2015


An act to amend Section 5401 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to charter-party carriers of passengers.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1360, as amended, Ting. Charter-party carriers of passengers: individual fare exemption.

The Passenger Charter-Party Carriers’ Act generally requires charges for transportation offered or afforded by a charter-party carrier of passengers to be computed and assessed on a vehicle mileage or time-of-use basis, rather than on an individual-fare basis, subject to certain exemptions.

This bill would also exempt from these provisions abegin delete rideshare programend deletebegin insert serviceend insert operated by a transportation network companybegin insert or a charter-party carrier of passengersend insert that prearranges a ride among multiple passengers who share the ride in whole or in part, provided that the vehicle seats no more than 7 passengers, not including the driver, is operated by a participating driver, as defined, is not used to provide public transit services or carry passengers over a fixed route,begin delete andend delete is not used to provide pupil transportation services or public paratransit services, and the fare for each passenger is less than the fare that would be charged to abegin delete singleend delete passenger traveling alone.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 5401 of the Public Utilities Code is
2amended to read:

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5401.  

Charges for the transportation to be offered or afforded
4by a charter-party carrier of passengers shall be computed and
5assessed on a vehicle mileage or time of use basis, or on a
6combination thereof. These charges may vary in accordance with
7the passenger capacity of the vehicle, or the size of the group to
8be transported. However, no charter-party carrier of passengers
9shall, directly or through an agent or otherwise, nor shall any
10broker, contract for, agree to, or demand or receive compensation
11in an amount, or arrange to charge an amount, for the transportation
12offered or afforded, that shall be computed on an individual-fare
13basis, except as follows:

14(a) Schoolbus contractors who are compensated by parents of
15children attending public, private, or parochial schools.

16(b) Operators of round-trip sightseeing tour services conducted
17under a certificate subject to Section 5371.1, or a permit issued
18pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5384.

19(c) (1) Abegin delete rideshare programend deletebegin insert serviceend insert operated by a transportation
20network companybegin insert or charter-party carrier of passengersend insert subject
21to this chapter that prearranges a ride among multiple passengers
22who share the ride in whole or in part, provided that all of the
23following requirements are met:

24(A) The vehicle seats no more than seven passengers, not
25including the driver.

26 (B) The driver is a participating driver as defined in subdivision
27(b) of Section 5431.

28 (C) The vehicle is not used to provide public transit services or
29to carry passengers over a fixed route.

P3    1(D) The vehicle is not used to provide pupil transportation
2services.

3(E) The vehicle is not used to provide public paratransit services.

4(F) The individual fare for each passenger is less than the fare
5that would be charged for the same ride to abegin delete singleend delete passenger
6traveling alone.

7(2) This subdivision does not change the insurance requirements
8established under Section 5433 for a transportation network
9company and any participating driver. This subdivision does not
10change the insurance limitations set forth in Section 5434 or the
11requirements set forth in Section 5435.



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