PRINTER'S NO. 146
No. 152 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY GERLACH, SALVATORE, GREENLEAF, THOMPSON,
TOMLINSON, WAUGH, KUKOVICH, COSTA, MUSTO, STOUT AND SCHWARTZ,
JANUARY 13, 1999
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 13, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 14, 1982 (P.L.1211, No.279),
2 entitled "An act providing for ridesharing arrangements and
3 providing that certain laws shall be inapplicable to
4 ridesharing arrangements," adding and amending definitions.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1 of the act of December 14, 1982
8 (P.L.1211, No.279), entitled "An act providing for ridesharing
9 arrangements and providing that certain laws shall be
10 inapplicable to ridesharing arrangements," is amended to read:
11 Section 1. [Ridesharing arrangement defined] Definitions.
12 As used in this act[, "ridesharing arrangement"]:
13 "Buspool" shall mean 16 or more persons commuting on a daily
14 basis to and from work by means of a vehicle with a seating
15 arrangement designed to carry more than 15 adult passengers.
16 "Carpool" shall mean two or more persons commuting on a daily
17 basis to and from work by means of a vehicle with a seating
18 arrangement designed to carry fewer than seven adults, including
1 the driver.
2 "Private commuter bus" shall mean a motor vehicle which meets
3 all of the following criteria:
4 (1) Has a seating capacity of at least seven adults,
5 including the driver.
6 (2) At least 50% of the mileage of which can be
7 reasonably expected to be used for the purpose of
8 transporting employees to and from work.
9 "Ridesharing arrangement" shall mean any one of the following
10 forms of transportation:
11 (1) The transportation of not more than 15 passengers
12 where such transportation is incidental to another purpose of
13 the driver who is not engaged in transportation as a
14 business. The term shall include ridesharing arrangements
15 commonly known as carpools and vanpools, used in the
16 transportation of employees to or from their place of
17 employment.
18 (2) The transportation of employees to or from their
19 place of employment in a motor vehicle owned or operated by
20 their employer.
21 (3) The transportation of persons in a vehicle designed
22 to hold no more than 15 people and owned or operated by a
23 public agency or nonprofit organization for that agency's
24 clientele or for a program sponsored by the agency.
25 (4) The transportation of employees to or from their
26 place of employment in a subscription taxipool.
27 (5) The transportation of employees to or from their
28 place of employment in a private commuter bus or buspool.
29 "Subscription taxipool" shall mean a type of service in which
30 employers or groups of employees contract with a public or
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1 private taxi operator to provide daily commuter service for a
2 group of preassembled subscribers on a prepaid or daily-fare
3 basis, following a relatively fixed route and schedule tailored
4 to meet the needs of the subscribers.
5 "Vanpool" shall mean seven or more persons commuting on a
6 daily basis to and from work by means of a vehicle with a
7 seating arrangement designed to carry seven to 15 adult persons.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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