2017/04/19 Council Agenda Packet

I contain the name of the taxicab company or TNC and its contact information,the name of the driver, any and all items for which a charge is made,the total amount paid, and the date of payment. K. The TNC or taxicab company using a digital network to secure the ride must display for the passenger,through its digital network,the first name and photograph of the TNC or taxicab driver as well as the make,model, and license plate number of the TNC or taxicab vehicle. L. Taxicab companies and TNCs may initiate dynamic market pricing if each passenger receives express written notice through the taxicab company's or TNC's digital network, or through an official taxicab company statement if no digital network is used to secure the ride,prior to the passenger accepting the ride. During periods of abnormal market disruptions,however,taxicab companies and TNCs companies may not initiate dynamic market pricing. For the purpose of these rules, "abnormal market disruptions"is defined as any change in the ground transportation market,whether actual or imminently threatened,resulting from stress of weather,natural disasters,failure or shortage of electric power or other source of energy, strike, civil order,war,military action, national or local emergency, or other cause of an abnormal disruption of the market which results in a declaration of a state of emergency by the Mayor of the city, or the governor of the State of Washington. "Dynamic market pricing"is defined as a pricing strategy that sets highly flexible prices for products or services based on current market demands. Section 9. Insurance A. Each TNC and`INC driver must comply with the automobile liability insurance requirements contained in chapter 48.177 RCW Las enacted or subsequently amended) Provided,regardless of language in chapter 48.177 RCW to the contrary,the primary automobile insurance policy required at all times the driver is logged into a TNC's digital network (but before a driver accepts a requested ride through the digital network)must, at a minimum, include the following policy limits: 1. One hundred thousand dollars for any recovery for death or personal injury by one person; 2. Three hundred thousand dollars for all persons killed or receiving personal injury by reason of one act of negligence; and 3. Thirty thousand dollars for damage to property of any person other than the insured. B. The insurance coverage required for each TNC and INC driver pursuant to this section can be satisfied alternatively by securing coverage pursuant to chapter 46.72 or 46.72A RCW that covers the TNC vehicle operating in the City pursuant to this Ordinance. This coverage must be in effect twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week. Page 9 of 14 52