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Creating Chapter 373 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code pertaining to Transportation Network Companies. (Public hearing continued from October 15 and November 19)
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1
Chapter 373 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby created to read as follows:
Chapter 373. Transportation Network Companies
373.01. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
Active on the TNC dispatch system means, but is not limited to: when the driver is logged onto the transportation network company (TNC) application dispatch system showing that the driver is available to pick up passengers; when a passenger is in the vehicle; or when the driver has accepted a ride request and is en route to provide transportation services to a passenger.
Compensation means remuneration or anything of economic value that is provided, promised, or donated primarily in exchange for services rendered. This includes, but is not limited to voluntary donations, fee-sharing between a taxicab or transportation network company and an affiliated driver, and passenger, advertisement of a taxicab service company or transportation network company services.
License means transportation network company license.
Licensing official means the director of the department of safety and inspections.
Licensee or transportation network licensee means the holder of, or a person that is required to hold, a transportation network company license issued pursuant to this chapter.
Operation of a transportation network vehicle or operating a transportation network vehicle means offering, making available, or using a transportation network vehicle to provide a transportation network service, including any time when a driver is logged onto the transportation network provider's internet-enabled application...
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