Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
                       HOUSE BILL NO. 1255
                              103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY


                              INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BAKER.

    2633H.01I                                                                    JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk


                                               AN ACT
    To amend chapter 387, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to transportation
          network companies.


    Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 387, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2   known as section 387.435, to read as follows:
            387.435. A TNC shall not be vicariously liable under any law by reason of
2   owning, operating, or maintaining the digital network accessed by a TNC driver or
3   rider, or by being the TNC affiliated with a TNC driver, for harm to persons or property
4   that results or arises out of the use, operation, or possession of a motor vehicle operating
5   as a TNC vehicle while the driver is logged on to the digital network if:
6           (1) There is no negligence under sections 387.400 to 387.440 or criminal
7   wrongdoing under the federal or Missouri criminal code on the part of the TNC; and
8           (2) The TNC has fulfilled all of its obligations under sections 387.400 to 387.440
9   with respect to the TNC driver.
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    EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
    intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

Statutes affected: 
Introduced (2633H.01): 387.435