BILL NUMBER: AB 24	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nazarian

                        DECEMBER 1, 2014

   An act relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 24, as introduced, Nazarian. Transportation network companies:
public safety.
   The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act, with certain
exceptions, prohibits a charter-party carrier of passengers from
engaging in transportation services subject to regulation by the
Public Utilities Commission without obtaining a specified certificate
or permit, as appropriate, from the commission, and imposes various
other requirements. A violation of the act is generally a
misdemeanor. Pursuant to existing law, the commission has adopted
rules and regulations relating to the operation of transportation
network companies. Existing law defines a transportation network
company as an organization, whether a corporation, partnership, sole
proprietor, or other form, operating in California that provides
prearranged transportation services for compensation using an
online-enabled platform to connect passengers with drivers using
their personal vehicles.
   Existing regulations of the commission require, among other
things, a transportation network company to (1) obtain an operating
permit from the commission, (2) conduct a criminal background check
of each driver, (3) establish a driver training program, (4) adopt a
zero-tolerance policy on drugs and alcohol, (5) maintain specified
insurance coverage on the company's employees, and (6) conduct a
19-point motor vehicle inspection of the vehicles operated by drivers
under contract with the company.
   Existing law, operative on July 1, 2015, imposes specified
additional requirements for liability insurance coverage on
transportation network companies, as defined, and their participating
drivers.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that promotes public safety relating to transportation
network companies.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that promotes public safety relating to transportation
network companies.