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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Occupations Code § 2402.112: NONDISCRIMINATION; ACCESSIBILITY.

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  1. OCCUPATIONS CODE
  2. TITLE 14. REGULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRANSPORTATION
  3. SUBTITLE C. REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
  4. CHAPTER 2402. TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND DELIVERY NETWORK COMPANIES
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. OPERATION OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES

(a) A transportation network company shall adopt a policy that prohibits a driver logged in to the company's digital network from:

(1) discriminating on the basis of a passenger's or potential passenger's location or destination, race, color, national origin, religious belief or affiliation, sex, disability, or age; and

(2) refusing to provide service to a potential passenger with a service animal.

(b) For the purposes of Subsection (a), "sex" means the physical condition of being male or female.

(c) A transportation network company shall notify each person authorized to log in as a driver on the company's digital network of the nondiscrimination policy. A driver logged in to the company's digital network shall comply with the nondiscrimination policy.

(d) A transportation network company may not impose an additional charge for transportation of individuals with physical disabilities because of those disabilities.

(e) A transportation network company shall provide a passenger an opportunity to indicate whether the passenger requires a wheelchair-accessible vehicle. If a wheelchair-accessible vehicle cannot be provided, the company shall direct the requesting passenger to an alternate provider of wheelchair-accessible service, if available.

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 231 (H.B. 100), Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 2017.

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