                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUIREMENTS FOR TNC PARTNER VEHICLES; TRADE DRESS ISSUED BY TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK COMPANY (§ 46.2-2099.50)

A. A TNC partner vehicle shall:

   1. Be a personal vehicle;

   2. Have a seating capacity of no more than eight persons, including the
   driver;

   3. Be validly titled and registered in the Commonwealth or in another state;

   4. Not have been issued a certificate of title, either in Virginia or in any
   other state, branding the vehicle as salvage, nonrepairable, rebuilt, or any
   equivalent classification;

   5. Have a valid Virginia safety inspection or an annual inspection conducted
   in another state for which the Department of State Police has determined that
   such motor vehicle safety inspection standards adequately ensure public safety
   and carry proof of that inspection on or in the vehicle; and

   6. Be covered under a TNC insurance policy meeting the requirements of &#xA7;
   46.2-2099.52.
   				No TNC partner shall operate a TNC partner vehicle unless that vehicle
   meets the requirements of this subsection.

B. Before authorizing a vehicle to be used as a TNC partner vehicle, a
transportation network company shall confirm that the vehicle meets the
requirements of subsection A and shall provide each TNC partner with proof of
any TNC insurance policy maintained by the transportation network company.
			For each TNC partner vehicle it authorizes, a transportation network company
shall issue trade dress to the TNC partner associated with that vehicle. The
trade dress shall be sufficient to identify the transportation network company
or digital platform with which the vehicle is affiliated and shall be displayed
in a manner that complies with Virginia law. The trade dress shall be of such
size, shape, and color as to be readily identifiable during daylight hours from
a distance of 50 feet while the vehicle is not in motion and shall be
reflective, illuminated, or otherwise patently visible in darkness. The trade
dress may take the form of a removable device that meets the identification and
visibility requirements of this subsection.
			Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a TNC partner vehicle may
be equipped with no more than two removable, illuminated, interior, TNC-issued,
trade dress devices that assist passengers in identifying and communicating with
TNC partners. Such devices may use a single steady-burning color while the TNC
partner is logged in to a transportation network company&#8217;s associated
digital platform and may change to a different steady-burning color once the TNC
partner accepts a request to transport a passenger and is within 0.4 miles of
such passenger. The illuminated display on each such device shall not (i) exceed
five candlepower or 62.85 lumens; (ii) exceed 20 square inches; (iii) utilize
red, blue, or amber lights; (iv) project a glaring or dazzling light; or (v)
attach to the windshield.
			The transportation network company shall submit to the Department proof that
the transportation network company has established the trade dress required
under this subsection by filing with the Department an illustration or
photograph of the trade dress. Any TNC that issues an illuminated removable
interior trade dress device for use in the Commonwealth shall file with the
Department the specifications of such device, including the default color.
			A TNC partner shall keep the trade dress issued under this subsection visible
at all times while the vehicle is being operated as a TNC partner vehicle.
			No person shall operate a vehicle bearing trade dress issued under this
subsection without the authorization of the transportation network company
issuing the trade dress.

HISTORY: 2015, cc. 2, 3; 2017, cc. 694, 708; 2018, cc. 356, 443; 2020, c. 393;
2023, cc. 321, 322.