{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-13-101","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 23-13-101","heading":"Use of motor carrier safety improvement - Worker status unchanged - Definitions","body":"(a) As used in this section: (1) \"Motor carrier safety improvement\" means any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program, or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate: (A) Compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws; (B) Motor vehicle safety; (C) The safety of an operator of a motor vehicle; or (D) The safety of a third-party public roadway user; and (2) \"Worker status\" means the classification under any state law of a motor vehicle driver who engages in the transportation of property for compensation as an agent, employee, jointly employed employee, borrowed servant, or independent contractor for a motor carrier. (b) The deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement by, or as required by, a motor carrier or its related entity, including by contract, does not, in whole or in part, affect, impact, or change the worker status of a driver. Added by Act 2019, No. 782,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.\n\n(a) As used in this section: (1) \"Motor carrier safety improvement\" means any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program, or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate: (A) Compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws; (B) Motor vehicle safety; (C) The safety of an operator of a motor vehicle; or (D) The safety of a third-party public roadway user; and (2) \"Worker status\" means the classification under any state law of a motor vehicle driver who engages in the transportation of property for compensation as an agent, employee, jointly employed employee, borrowed servant, or independent contractor for a motor carrier.\n\n(1) \"Motor carrier safety improvement\" means any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program, or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate: (A) Compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws; (B) Motor vehicle safety; (C) The safety of an operator of a motor vehicle; or (D) The safety of a third-party public roadway user; and\n\n(A) Compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws;\n\n(B) Motor vehicle safety;\n\n(C) The safety of an operator of a motor vehicle; or\n\n(D) The safety of a third-party public roadway user; and\n\n(2) \"Worker status\" means the classification under any state law of a motor vehicle driver who engages in the transportation of property for compensation as an agent, employee, jointly employed employee, borrowed servant, or independent contractor for a motor carrier.\n\n(b) The deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement by, or as required by, a motor carrier or its related entity, including by contract, does not, in whole or in part, affect, impact, or change the worker status of a driver.","path":["AR Code","Title 23","Chapter 13","Subchapter 1"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"2a0982d8f9ed9a019d4540302bdadeadace36941f0d7dd27c993b84ca3942b8b","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-12-913","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-13-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}