                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 46.2-1408)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different
meaning:		&#8220;Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing&#8221; means the authorized use of
a shared vehicle by a shared vehicle driver through a peer-to-peer vehicle
sharing platform.		&#8220;Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform&#8221; means an
online-enabled application, website, or system that connects vehicle owners with
drivers to enable the sharing of peer-to-peer shared vehicles for financial
consideration.		&#8220;Shared vehicle&#8221; means a motor vehicle that has been
made available for sharing through a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform.
&#8220;Shared vehicle&#8221; does not include a daily rental vehicle as defined
in § 58.1-1735.		&#8220;Shared vehicle driver&#8221; means an individual who
has been authorized to operate a shared vehicle by the shared vehicle owner
under a vehicle sharing platform agreement.		&#8220;Shared vehicle owner&#8221;
means the registered owner, or a person or entity designated by the registered
owner, of a vehicle made available for sharing to shared vehicle drivers through
a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform.		&#8220;Vehicle sharing delivery
period&#8221; means the period of time beginning when the agent of a
peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform takes custody of the shared vehicle and
ending when the shared vehicle arrives at the location agreed upon in the
governing vehicle sharing platform agreement.		&#8220;Vehicle sharing
period&#8221; means the period of time that commences with the vehicle sharing
delivery period or, if there is no vehicle sharing delivery period, that
commences when the vehicle sharing start time occurs and ends at the vehicle
sharing termination time.		&#8220;Vehicle sharing platform agreement&#8221;
means the terms and conditions applicable to a shared vehicle owner and a shared
vehicle driver that govern the use of a shared vehicle through a peer-to-peer
vehicle sharing platform.		&#8220;Vehicle sharing start time&#8221; means the
time when the shared vehicle becomes subject to the control of the shared
vehicle driver at or after the sharing of a shared vehicle is scheduled to begin
as documented in the records of a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing
platform.		&#8220;Vehicle sharing termination time&#8221; means the earliest of
the following events:

1. When the shared vehicle is delivered to the location agreed upon in the
vehicle sharing platform agreement on or after the expiration of the agreed-upon
period of time established for the use of a shared vehicle according to the
terms of the vehicle sharing platform agreement;

2. When the shared vehicle is returned to a location as alternatively agreed
upon by the shared vehicle owner and shared vehicle driver within the
agreed-upon period of time as communicated through a peer-to-peer vehicle
sharing platform; or

3. When the shared vehicle owner, or the shared vehicle owner&#8217;s authorized
designee, takes possession and control of the shared vehicle.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 1266.