Oklahoma § 47-1051 - Definitions

§ 47-1051. Definitions

As used in the Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act:

1. "Peer-to-peer car sharing" or "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;

2. "Peer-to-peer car sharing program" or "program" means a

business platform that connects vehicle owners with drivers to

enable the sharing of vehicles for financial consideration. A peerto-peer car sharing program is not engaged in "renting motor

vehicles without a driver" in Oklahoma within the meaning of Section

2110 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, except as specifically

provided in that section. A peer-to-peer car sharing program is not

"engaged in the business of renting motor vehicles without drivers"

under the provisions of Section 8-101 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. A peer-to-peer car sharing program is not a service

provider who is solely providing hardware or software as a service

to a person or entity that is not effectuating payment of financial

consideration for the use of a shared vehicle. A peer-to-peer car

sharing program shall not be considered a transportation network

company as defined in Section 1011 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

3. "Peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement" or "agreement"

means the terms and conditions applicable to a shared vehicle owner

and a shared vehicle driver that govern the use of a shared vehicle

through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. A peer-to-peer car

sharing program agreement is not a rental agreement within the

meaning of Section 2110 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, except

as specifically provided in that section. A peer-to-peer car

sharing program agreement is not an agreement to rent a motor

vehicle without a driver under the provisions of Section 8-101 of

Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. "Shared vehicle" or "vehicle" means a vehicle that is

available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. A

shared vehicle is not a "motor vehicle that is rented" within the

meaning of Section 2110 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, except

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as specifically provided in that section. A shared vehicle is not a

"motor vehicle engaged in the business of renting a motor vehicle

without a driver" as described pursuant to Section 8-101 of Title 47

of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. "Shared vehicle driver" or "driver" means an individual who

has been authorized to drive the shared vehicle by the shared

vehicle owner under a car sharing program agreement;

6. "Shared vehicle owner" or "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;

7. "Car sharing delivery period" or "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;

8. "Car sharing period" or "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;

9. "Car sharing start time" or "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; and

10. "Car sharing termination time" or "termination time" means

the earliest of the following events:

a.

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,

b.

when the shared vehicle is returned to a location as

alternatively agreed upon by the shared vehicle owner

and the shared vehicle driver as communicated through

a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement, which

alternatively agreed upon location shall be

incorporated into the car sharing program agreement,

or

c.

when the shared vehicle owner, or the shared vehicle

owner's authorized designee, takes possession and

control of the shared vehicle.

Added by Laws 2021, c. 280, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.