Michigan § 257.2203 - Definitions.

As used in this act:

(a) "Automobile insurance" means that term as defined in section 3303 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3303.

(b) "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.

(c) "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, that commences with the car sharing start time and in either case ends at the car sharing termination time.

(d) "Car sharing program agreement" means the terms and conditions applicable to a shared vehicle owner, a shared vehicle driver, and a peer-to-peer car sharing program that govern the use of a shared vehicle through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. Car sharing program agreement does not mean or include either of the following:

(i) A car rental agreement by a car rental company, as that term is defined in section 3h of the Michigan consumer protection act, 1976 PA 331, MCL 445.903h, or a similar agreement.

(ii) An agreement for a transportation network company prearranged ride, as that term is defined in section 2 of the limousine, taxicab, and transportation network company act, 2016 PA 345, MCL 257.2102.

(e) "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.

(f) "Car sharing termination time" means, except as provided in section 41, the earliest of the following:

(i) The time the agreed-on period of time established for the use of the shared vehicle expires according to the terms of the car sharing program agreement if the shared vehicle is delivered to the location agreed on in the car sharing program agreement.

(ii) The time of the return of the shared vehicle to a location that is alternatively agreed on by the shared vehicle owner and shared vehicle driver, as communicated through the peer-to-peer car sharing program, which alternatively agreed-on location must be incorporated into the car sharing program agreement.

(iii) The time the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle owner's authorized designee takes possession and control of the shared vehicle.

(g) "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. Peer-to-peer car sharing does not include either of the following:

(i) Car rental or rental activity by a car rental company, as that term is defined in section 3h of the Michigan consumer protection act, 1976 PA 331, MCL 445.903h.

(ii) A transportation network company prearranged ride, as that term is defined in section 2 of the limousine, taxicab, and transportation network company act, 2016 PA 345, MCL 257.2102.

(h) "Peer-to-peer car sharing program" means a person that connects vehicle owners with drivers to enable the sharing of vehicles for financial consideration. Peer-to-peer car sharing program does not mean or include any of the following:

(i) A car rental company, as that term is defined in section 3h of the Michigan consumer protection act, 1976 PA 331, MCL 445.903h.

(ii) A transportation network company, as that term is defined in section 2 of the limousine, taxicab, and transportation network company act, 2016 PA 345, MCL 257.2102.

(iii) A service provider that is solely providing hardware or software as a service to a person that is not effectuating payment of financial consideration for the use of a shared vehicle.

(i) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity.

(j) "Shared vehicle" means a vehicle that is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. Shared vehicle does not mean or include a rental car available to be rented by a car rental company, as that term is defined in section 3h of the Michigan consumer protection act, 1976 PA 331, MCL 445.903h.

(k) "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.

(l) "Shared vehicle owner" means the registered owner, or a person designated by the registered owner, of a vehicle made available for sharing to shared vehicle drivers through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. Shared vehicle owner does not mean or include a car rental company, as that term is defined in section 3h of the Michigan consumer protection act, 1976 PA 331, MCL 445.903h.

(m) "Vehicle" means a motor vehicle as that term is defined in section 3101 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101.