California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1360


Introduced by Assembly Member Ting

February 27, 2015


An act to amend Section 5401 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to charter-party carriers of passengers.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1360, as introduced, Ting. Charter-party carriers of passengers: individual fare exemption.

The Passenger Charter-Party Carriers’ Act generally requires charges for transportation to be offered or afforded by a charter-party carrier of passengers to be computed and assessed on a vehicle mileage or time-of-use basis, rather than on an individual-fare basis, subject to certain exemptions.

This bill would also exempt from these provisions a rideshare program operated by a transportation network company that arranges a ride among multiple passengers who share the ride in whole or in part, provided that the fare for each passenger is less than the fare that would be charged to a single passenger traveling alone.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 5401 of the Public Utilities Code is
2amended to read:

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5401.  

Charges for the transportation to be offered or afforded
4by a charter-party carrier of passengers shall be computed and
P2    1assessed on a vehicle mileage or time of use basis, or on a
2combination thereof. These charges may vary in accordance with
3the passenger capacity of the vehicle, or the size of the group to
4be transported. However, no charter-party carrier of passengers
5shall, directly or through an agent or otherwise, nor shall any
6broker,begin delete contract, agree, or arrange to charge, or demand or receive
7compensation,end delete
begin insert contract for, agree to, or demand or receive
8compensation in an amount, or arrange to charge an amount,end insert
for
9the transportation offered orbegin delete affordedend deletebegin insert afforded,end insert that shall be
10begin delete computed, charged, or assessedend deletebegin insert computedend insert on an individual-fare
11basis, exceptbegin delete schoolbusend deletebegin insert as follows:end insert

12begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertSchoolbusend insert contractors who are compensated by parents of
13children attending public, private, or parochialbegin delete schools and except
14operatorsend delete
begin insert schools.end insert

15begin insert(b)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertOperatorsend insert of round-trip sightseeing tour services conducted
16under a certificate subject to Section 5371.1, or a permit issued
17pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5384.

begin insert

18(c) A rideshare program operated by a transportation network
19company subject to this chapter that arranges a ride among
20multiple passengers who share the ride in whole or in part,
21provided that the individual fare for each passenger is less than
22the fare that would be charged for the same ride to a single
23passenger traveling alone.

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