Section 387.439

Title XXV INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS

Chapter 387

Effective - 28 Aug 2017   

  387.439.  Prohibited acts — penalty. — 1.  (1)  A TNC shall not deny or manipulate access to its digital network or engage in any deceptive, manipulative, or coordinated practice to evade a law enforcement entity, including by cancelling a ride request by a rider or prospective rider relating to association with a law enforcement entity.

  (2)  A first violation of this subsection shall be punishable by a fine of fifty thousand dollars.  A second violation of this subsection shall be punishable by a fine of one hundred fifty thousand dollars.  A third or subsequent violation of this subsection shall be punishable by a fine of three hundred thousand dollars.

  2.  A TNC shall not produce or operate, or allow to be produced or operated, any digital network or similar technology that falsely displays the number of TNC vehicles available to provide prearranged rides for the purpose of misleading riders or potential riders about the number of TNC vehicles available to provide such rides.

  3.  A TNC shall not use geographic location or geolocation data of a rider or prospective rider for the purpose of excluding certain areas on the basis of the income, racial, or ethnic composition of such area.

  4.  A violation of this section shall be punishable by a one-month suspension of the TNC's license.

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(L. 2017 H.B. 130)