Official Text and Analysis.

Modifies the definition of a "personal delivery device operator" to mean an employee or agent of an eligible entity who has the capability to control or monitor a personal delivery device, rather than an employee or agent of an eligible entity who exercises active physical control over or monitoring of a personal delivery device; (2) Removes the provisions that require regulatory oversight by the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) beginning July 1, 2021; (3) Removes the requirements requiring the approval of a local jurisdiction, prior to July 2021, before an eligible entity may operate a personal delivery device, and removes the manner in which a local jurisdiction might specifically condition the operation of a personal delivery device; (4) Requires that a personal delivery device be operated in accordance with all the laws and regulations of a jurisdiction that governs the rights-of-way within which a personal delivery device may be operated; (5) Requires the Department of Licensing to design a self- certification form for eligible entities, to obtain the name and address of the eligible entity and its registered agent; the name of the jurisdiction in which the personal delivery device will operate; an acknowledgment that each personal delivery device will display a unique identification number; an affirmation by the eligible entity that it possesses the required insurance; and a list of any incidents or traffic infractions involving personal delivery devices operated by the eligible entity; (6) Requires that an eligible entity submit a self-certification form prior to operating a personal delivery device and then annually thereafter; (7) Clarifies that a personal delivery device and a personal delivery device operator are not within the definition of "common carrier," for the purposes of UTC regulation; and (8) Removes the restriction that a personal delivery device may not cross a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except at curb ramps.