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2025-2026 Bill 4058 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 19, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4058

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING CHAPTER 
36 TO TITLE 56 SO AS TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR A PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING 
PROGRAM, TO OUTLINE INSURANCE AND LIABILITY PROCEDURES, AND TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Title 56 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

CHAPTER 36

Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing

 Section 
56-36-10. As used in this chapter:

 (1) 
"Applicable taxes" means with respect to shared vehicles purchased in South 
Carolina, the infrastructure maintenance fee set forth in Section 56-3-627, and 
any tax imposed upon the purchase of a motor vehicle under the authority of 
Title 4, Chapter 10. With respect to vehicles not purchased in South Carolina, 
applicable taxes means the sales, use, excise, or other tax generally due upon 
the purchase of a motor vehicle in the jurisdiction in which the shared vehicle 
was purchased.

 (2) 
"Car sharing delivery period" means the period of time during which a shared 
vehicle is being delivered to the location for transfer of possession of the 
shared vehicle pursuant to the agreement.

 (3) 
"Car sharing period" means the period of time from:

 (a) 
the car sharing delivery period until the car sharing termination time; or

 (b) 
if there is no car sharing delivery period, the car sharing start time until 
the car sharing termination time.

 (4) 
"Car sharing program agreement" or "agreement" means the terms and conditions 
that govern the use, duration of time, and location for transfer of possession 
of a shared vehicle through a peer-to-peer car sharing program.

 (5) "Car 
sharing start time" means the time when the shared vehicle becomes subject to 
the control of the shared vehicle driver at or after the time the reservation 
of a shared vehicle is scheduled to begin as documented in the records of a 
peer-to-peer car sharing program.

 (6) 
"Car sharing termination time" means the earliest of the following events:

 (a) 
the expiration of the agreed-upon period of time established for the use of a 
shared vehicle according to the terms of the car sharing program agreement, 
provided that the shared vehicle is delivered to the location agreed upon in 
the car sharing program agreement;

 (b) 
when the shared vehicle is returned to a location as alternately agreed upon by 
the shared vehicle owner and shared vehicle driver as communicated through a 
peer-to-peer car sharing program, which alternatively agreed upon location 
shall be incorporated into the car sharing program agreement; or

 (c) 
when the shared vehicle owner or owner's designee takes possession and control 
of the shared vehicle.

 (7) 
"Peer-to-peer car sharing" means the authorized use of a shared vehicle by an 
individual other than the vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car sharing 
program pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

 (8) 
"Peer-to-peer car sharing program" or "program" means a business platform that 
connects vehicle owners with drivers to enable the sharing of vehicles for 
financial consideration.

 (9) 
"Peer-to-peer car sharing transaction" means the payment of monetary 
consideration from a shared vehicle driver in exchange for the use of a shared 
vehicle for peer-to-peer car sharing.

 (10) 
"Shared vehicle" means a vehicle that is available for sharing through a 
peer-to-peer car sharing program.

 (11) 
"Shared vehicle driver" means an individual who has been authorized to drive 
the shared vehicle pursuant to a valid car sharing program agreement.

 (12) "Shared 
vehicle owner" means the registered owner of a shared vehicle or his designee.

 Section 
56-36-20. (A) Except as provided in 
subsection (B), a peer-to-peer car sharing program shall assume liability of a 
shared vehicle owner for any death, bodily injury, or property damage to third 
parties or uninsured motorist losses that are proximately caused by the 
operation of a shared vehicle during the car sharing period in an amount stated 
in the car sharing program agreement. This amount shall not be less than that 
specified in Section 38-77-140.

 (B) 
Notwithstanding the definition of "car sharing termination time" in Section 
56-36-10, the assumption of liability pursuant to subsection (A) does not apply 
if:

 (1) 
the shared vehicle owner makes an intentional or fraudulent material 
misrepresentation or omission to the program before the car sharing period in 
which the loss occurred; or

 (2) 
the shared vehicle driver and shared vehicle owner conspire to have the driver 
fail to return the shared vehicle in violation of the agreement.

 (C) 
Notwithstanding the definition of "car sh