Virginia SB 128: TNC partner vehicles; interior trade dress.

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18101854D

SENATE BILL NO. 128 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled December 19, 2017 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 46.2-2099.50 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to TNC partner vehicles; interior trade dress. 
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Patron-- Cosgrove 

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Referred to Committee on Transportation 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 46.2-2099.50 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:

� 46.2-2099.50. Requirements for TNC partner vehicles; trade 
 dress issued by transportation network company.

A. A TNC partner vehicle shall:

1. Be a personal vehicle;

2. Have a seating capacity of no more than eight persons, 
 including the driver;

3. Be validly titled and registered in the Commonwealth or in 
 another state;

4. Not have been issued a certificate of title, either in 
 Virginia or in any other state, branding the vehicle as salvage, nonrepairable, 
 rebuilt, or any equivalent classification;

5. Have a valid Virginia safety inspection or an annual 
 inspection conducted in another state for which the Department of State Police 
 has determined that such motor vehicle safety inspection standards adequately 
 ensure public safety and carry proof of that inspection on or in the vehicle; 
 and

6. Be covered under a TNC insurance policy meeting the 
 requirements of � 46.2-2099.51 or 46.2-2099.52, as applicable.

No TNC partner shall operate a TNC partner vehicle unless that 
 vehicle meets the requirements of this subsection.

B. Before authorizing a vehicle to be used as a TNC partner 
 vehicle, a transportation network company shall confirm that the vehicle meets 
 the requirements of subsection A and shall provide each TNC partner with proof 
 of any TNC insurance policy maintained by the transportation network company.

For each TNC partner vehicle it authorizes, a transportation 
 network company shall issue trade dress to the TNC partner associated with that 
 vehicle. The trade dress shall be sufficient to identify the transportation 
 network company or digital platform with which the vehicle is affiliated and 
 shall be displayed in a manner that complies with Virginia law. The trade dress 
 shall be of such size, shape, and color as to be readily identifiable during 
 daylight hours from a distance of 50 feet while the vehicle is not in motion 
 and shall be reflective, illuminated, or otherwise patently visible in 
 darkness. The trade dress may take the form of a removable device that meets 
 the identification and visibility requirements of this subsection.

Notwithstanding 
 any other provision of 
 this title, a TNC partner vehicle may be equipped with a 
 removable illuminated interior trade dress device that assists passengers in 
 identifying and communicating w