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Originally Posted by Dillon Hunt

6.l. A California appellate court has held:

A driver is one who "is in actual physical control of the vehicle." ( � 69, Veh. Code.) An operator is one who directs or superintends it. (Bosse v. Marye, 809 Cal.App. 109, 118 [250 P. 693].)


Section 1. Section 9603 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:
9603. "Operator" includes:
(a) Any person engaging in the transportation of persons or property for hire or compensation by or upon a motor vehicle upon any public highway in this State, either directly or indirectly.
(b) Any person who for compensation furnishes any motor vehicle for the transportation of persons or property under a lease or rental agreement when such person operates the motor vehicle furnished or exercises any control of, or assumes any responsibility for the operation of the vehicle irrespective of whether the vehicle is driven by such person or the person to whom the vehicle is furnished, or engages either in whole or in part in, the transportation of persons or property in the motor vehicle furnished.

"Operator" does not include any of the following:

(a) Any person transporting his own property in a motor vehicle owned or operated by him unless he makes a specific charge for the transportation. This subdivision does not in any way limit any other exemption granted by this section.
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(f) Any registered owner of a pleasure vehicle who, while operating the vehicle, transports persons to his work or to a place through which he passes on the way to his work, whether for or without compensation, if he is not in the business of furnishing such transportation. Stats. 1955, ch. 1905, p. 3515-3516.
6.n. West's ANN.CAL.REV. & TAX. CODE (2004), � 9601 reads:

Dillon

I see section 9603.f is legalese for car-pooling, picking up a co-worker on his way to work.