Tennessee § 55-12-301 - Part definitions. [Effective on January 1, 2021.]

§ 55-12-301. Part definitions. [Effective on January 1, 2021.]

As used in this part: “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; “Car sharing period” means the period of time: That commences with the car sharing delivery period and ends at the car sharing termination time; or If there is no car sharing delivery period, that commences with the car sharing start time and ends at the car sharing termination time; “Car sharing program 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; and Does not mean rental car agreement with a rental car company; “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; “Car sharing termination time” means the earliest of the following events: 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; 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; or When the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle owner's authorized designee, takes possession and control of the shared vehicle; “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; and Does not include the services offered by a rental car company; “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; and Does not include: The services offered by a rental car company; or 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 use of a shared vehicle; “Rental car company” means a business engaged in the rental of motor vehicles that is subject to title 67, chapter 4, part 19, and not a peer-to-peer car sharing program; “Shared vehicle”: Means a vehicle that is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car sharing program; and Does not mean a rental vehicle provided by a rental car company; “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; and “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. Acts 2020, ch. 796, § 5. Effective Dates. Acts 2020, ch. 796, § 8. January 1, 2021.