60-1-8. Delivery facilitation contractor and delivery facilitation platform defined.

Terms used in § 60-1-7 mean:

(1)    "Delivery facilitation contractor," a person who:

(a)    Enters into a written agreement with a delivery facilitation platform to use the delivery facilitation platform's digital network to connect with customers seeking services offered by a delivery facilitation contractor;

(b)    Performs services for customers through a delivery facilitation platform's digital network in exchange for value; and

(c)    Does not perform services at a physical business location operated by the delivery facilitation platform, if any, in this state.

The term does not include a person transporting freight, sealed or closed envelopes, boxes, parcels, or other similar sealed or closed containers for compensation. The term includes a transportation network company driver as defined in § 32-40-1;

(2)    "Delivery facilitation platform," a person who:

(a)    Maintains a digital network to facilitate services by a delivery facilitation contractor to customers seeking those services; and

(b)    Accepts requests from customers only through the delivery facilitation platform's digital network.

The term includes a transportation network company as defined in § 32-40-1.

Source: SL 2022, ch 188, § 2.