§17-29-18. Records
A transportation network company shall maintain the following customer records: (a) Individual trip records of rider customers for at least two years from the date each trip was provided; and (b) Individual records of transportation network company driver customers at least until the two year anniversary of the date on which a transportation network company […]
§17-29-19. Controlling Authority
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter twenty-four or any other provision of this code to the contrary, the regulation of the business activities of transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers is governed exclusively by this article. (b) Taxation. — No municipality, county or other local governmental entity or special district may impose a […]
§17-30-1. Department of Transportation to Develop Electric Vehicle Plan
The Department of Transportation shall create an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Development Plan for West Virginia that describes how our state intends to use its share of NEVI Formula Program funds. The plan shall take a wholistic approach, considering the future charging infrastructure needs of school systems, public transportation, counties and municipalities, and other public and […]
§17-29-11. Limitation on Transportation Network Companies
(a) Drivers are independent contractors and not employees of the transportation network company if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The transportation network company does not prescribe specific hours during which a transportation network company driver must be logged into the transportation network company’s digital network;
§17-29-12. Zero Tolerance for Drug or Alcohol Use
(a) The transportation network company shall implement a zero tolerance policy regarding a transportation network company driver’s activities while accessing the transportation network company’s digital network. The zero tolerance policy shall address the use of drugs or alcohol while a transportation network company driver is providing prearranged rides or is logged into the transportation network […]
§17-29-13. Transportation Network Company Driver Requirements
(a) Before allowing an individual to accept trip requests through a transportation network company’s digital platform: (1) The individual shall submit an application to the transportation network company, which includes information regarding his or her address, age, driver’s license, motor vehicle registration, automobile liability insurance and other information required by the transportation network company;
§17-29-14. Vehicle Safety and Emissions
The transportation network company shall require any motor vehicle that a transportation network company driver will use to provide transportation network company services to meet the inspection requirements of section four, article sixteen, chapter seventeen-c of this code or the inspection requirements for a private motor vehicle of the state in which the motor vehicle […]
§17-29-15. No Street Hails
A transportation network company driver may not solicit or accept street hails.
§17-29-16. No Cash Trips
The transportation network company shall adopt a policy prohibiting solicitation or acceptance of cash payments from riders and notify transportation network company drivers of such policy. Transportation network company drivers may not solicit or accept cash payments from riders. Any payment for prearranged rides shall be made only electronically using the transportation network company’s digital […]
§17-29-17. No Discrimination; Accessibility
(a) The transportation network company shall adopt a policy of nondiscrimination with respect to riders and potential riders and notify transportation network company drivers of such policy: Provided, That no provision of this article may be construed to require that the policy of nondiscrimination with respect to riders and potential riders be more stringent than […]