§ 57A16. Operating regulations
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 53 Pa.C.S.A. Municipalities GenerallyEffective: November 4, 2016
Effective: November 4, 2016
53 Pa.C.S.A. § 57A16
§ 57A16. Operating regulations
(e) Disclosure.--A transportation network company shall clearly disclose, on the company's Internet website, that the company is a transportation network company. The disclosure shall state that the transportation network company is required to maintain insurance policies as specified under section 57A071 (relating to insurance requirements).
(4) Notify the transportation network company immediately upon conviction for any offense listed under section 57A122 (relating to transportation network company drivers) which would disqualify the transportation network company driver from being eligible to provide transportation network service.
(k) Service animals.--A transportation network company driver must comply with all Federal, State and city nondiscrimination laws by accepting, without extra charge, riders with service animals. Service animals shall ride in the passenger compartment of a vehicle. It shall be a violation of this section for a transportation network company driver to place a service animal in any part of a vehicle other than the passenger compartment.
(1) Authority licensing of a transportation network company or approval to operate a transportation network service shall not include authorization to pick up or drop off passengers at an international airport owned by the city and located in whole or in part in the city. Nothing under this subsection shall be construed to limit the ability of a municipality or other governing authority that owns or operates an airport located, in whole or in part, in a city from adopting contracts, licenses and regulations relating to the duties and responsibilities on airport property of a transportation network company, a transportation network service or a transportation network company driver, including the imposition of reasonable fees.
(2) In addition to any other fee that may, under this subsection, be imposed by a municipality or other governing authority that owns or operates an international airport located, in whole or in part, in the city, a fee of $0.40 per vehicle shall be charged each time a personal vehicle accesses international airport property to pick up or drop off a passenger. Amounts collected under this paragraph shall be remitted to a second class A county within which the international airport is also located, in whole or in part.
(o) Train station.--Licensing of a transportation network company or approval to operate a transportation network service shall not include authorization to pick up passengers at a train station owned by AMTRAK in a city. Nothing under this subsection shall be construed to limit the ability of the entity or governing authority that owns or operates the train station located in the city from adopting contracts, licenses and regulations relating to the duties and responsibilities on train station property of a transportation network company, a transportation network service or a transportation network company driver, including the imposition of reasonable fees, except that a train station owned by AMTRAK in a city may not contract with a transportation network company to provide a lane or a lot dedicated exclusively to transportation network company vehicles.
(p) Materials.--Prior to permitting a driver to drive to operate on its digital network, a transportation network company shall provide to a transportation network company driver materials designed to ensure that a driver understands how to safely and responsibly operate a personal vehicle while logged onto a digital network or providing prearranged rides. Guidance materials shall contain information related to providing service to individuals with disabilities and the geography of the city unless the transportation network company's digital network is capable of providing GPS navigation or other similar navigation. Drivers shall be required to acknowledge receipt of driver materials.
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2016, Nov. 4, P.L. 1222, No. 164, § 1.2, imd. effective.
53 Pa.C.S.A. § 57A16, PA ST 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 57A16
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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