{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-13-702","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 23-13-702","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) \"Digital network\" means any online-enabled application, software, website, or system offered or utilized by a transportation network company that enables the prearrangement of rides with transportation network company drivers; (2) \"Personal vehicle\" means a vehicle that is used by a transportation network company driver in connection with providing a prearranged ride and is: (A) Owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the transportation network company driver; and (B) Not a taxicab, limousine, or for-hire vehicle; (3) (A) \"Prearranged ride\" or \"transportation network services\" means the provision of transportation by a transportation network company driver to a rider, beginning when a transportation network company driver accepts a ride requested by a rider through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company, continuing while the transportation network company driver transports a requesting rider, and ending when the last requesting rider departs from the personal vehicle. (B) \"Prearranged ride\" or \"transportation network services\" does not include transportation provided using a: (i) Taxicab service as defined in § 14-57-301 et seq.; (ii) Motor carrier service under the Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955, § 23-13-201 et seq.; or (iii) Street hail service; (4) (A) \"Transportation network company\" means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity licensed under this subchapter and operating in this state that uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide prearranged rides. (B) \"Transportation network company\" does not include a company that controls, directs, or manages the personal vehicles or transportation network company drivers that connect to the company's digital network, except when agreed to by written contract; (5) \"Transportation network company driver\" means an individual who: (A) Receives connections to potential passengers and related services from a transportation network company in exchange for payment of a fee to the transportation network company; and (B) Uses a personal vehicle to provide services for riders matched through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company; and (6) \"Transportation network company rider\" or \"rider\" means an individual or a person who uses a transportation network company's digital network to connect with a transportation network company driver who provides a prearranged ride to a rider in the driver's personal vehicle between points chosen by the rider. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1267,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015. Added by Act 2015, No. 1050,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) \"Digital network\" means any online-enabled application, software, website, or system offered or utilized by a transportation network company that enables the prearrangement of rides with transportation network company drivers;\n\n(2) \"Personal vehicle\" means a vehicle that is used by a transportation network company driver in connection with providing a prearranged ride and is: (A) Owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the transportation network company driver; and (B) Not a taxicab, limousine, or for-hire vehicle;\n\n(A) Owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the transportation network company driver; and\n\n(B) Not a taxicab, limousine, or for-hire vehicle;\ntransportation network company driver in connection with providing a prearranged ride and is: (A) Owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the transportation network company driver; and (B) Not a taxicab, limousine, or for-hire vehicle;\n\n(A) Owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the transportation network company driver; and\n\n(B) Not a taxicab, limousine, or for-hire vehicle;\n\n(3) (A) \"Prearranged ride\" or \"transportation network services\" means the provision of transportation by a transportation network company driver to a rider, beginning when a transportation network company driver accepts a ride requested by a rider through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company, continuing while the transportation network company driver transports a requesting rider, and ending when the last requesting rider departs from the personal vehicle. (B) \"Prearranged ride\" or \"transportation network services\" does not include transportation provided using a: (i) Taxicab service as defined in § 14-57-301 et seq.; (ii) Motor carrier service under the Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955, § 23-13-201 et seq.; or (iii) Street hail service;\n\n(A) \"Prearranged ride\" or \"transportation network services\" means the provision of transportation by a transportation network company driver to a rider, beginning when a transportation network company driver accepts a ride requested by a rider through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company, continuing while the transportation network company driver transports a requesting rider, and ending when the last requesting rider departs from the personal vehicle.\n\n(B) \"Prearranged ride\" or \"transportation network services\" does not include transportation provided using a: (i) Taxicab service as defined in § 14-57-301 et seq.; (ii) Motor carrier service under the Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955, § 23-13-201 et seq.; or (iii) Street hail service;\n\n(i) Taxicab service as defined in § 14-57-301 et seq.;\n\n(ii) Motor carrier service under the Arkansas Motor Carrier Act, 1955, § 23-13-201 et seq.; or\n\n(iii) Street hail service;\n\n(4) (A) \"Transportation network company\" means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity licensed under this subchapter and operating in this state that uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide prearranged rides. (B) \"Transportation network company\" does not include a company that controls, directs, or manages the personal vehicles or transportation network company drivers that connect to the company's digital network, except when agreed to by written contract;\n\n(A) \"Transportation network company\" means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity licensed under this subchapter and operating in this state that uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide prearranged rides.\n\n(B) \"Transportation network company\" does not include a company that controls, directs, or manages the personal vehicles or transportation network company drivers that connect to the company's digital network, except when agreed to by written contract;\nt uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide prearranged rides.\n\n(B) \"Transportation network company\" does not include a company that controls, directs, or manages the personal vehicles or transportation network company drivers that connect to the company's digital network, except when agreed to by written contract;\n\n(5) \"Transportation network company driver\" means an individual who: (A) Receives connections to potential passengers and related services from a transportation network company in exchange for payment of a fee to the transportation network company; and (B) Uses a personal vehicle to provide services for riders matched through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company; and\n\n(A) Receives connections to potential passengers and related services from a transportation network company in exchange for payment of a fee to the transportation network company; and\n\n(B) Uses a personal vehicle to provide services for riders matched through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company; and\n\n(6) \"Transportation network company rider\" or \"rider\" means an individual or a person who uses a transportation network company's digital network to connect with a transportation network company driver who provides a prearranged ride to a rider in the driver's personal vehicle between points chosen by the rider.","path":["AR Code","Title 23","Chapter 13","Subchapter 7"],"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":"f439a04a8d25dd194a0a4211d0eb4a84c411b8fcc85976fe18f89c18fcf1d0e7","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-13-701","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-13-703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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