▸SECTION 1
Section 1 of Mass General Laws Chapter 159B is amended by adding the following definitions:
"Third-party delivery service company", a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship or other entity qualified to do business in the commonwealth that is engaged in facilitating same-day delivery or pickup of food and beverages through a third-party delivery service platform for 20 or more separately owned and operated covered establishments.
“Third Party Delivery Driver”, any person employed by or contracted by a third party delivery service company, for compensation, to deliver goods over irregular routes, to and from various points within the commonwealth, not based upon a predetermined schedule, and from different establishments.
▸SECTION 2
Said chapter 159B is hereby further amended by adding the following section:-
▸SECTION 23
(a) On the first day of each month, each third party delivery provider shall submit to the division, in a format approved by the division, data related to each delivery provided in the month prior to the previous month and shall include:
(i) (A) the mode of transportation for each delivery order, including but not limited to, motorcycle, electric motorcycle, moped, electric moped, bicycle, electric bicycle, micro-mobility, or other vehicle. If the delivery order is completed by a vehicle, they shall include whether the vehicle is propelled by internal combustion, battery-sourced electricity or a hybrid; (B) the latitude and longitude for the points of the delivery order origination and delivery order termination, calculated to 0.001 decimal degrees; (C) the date and time of the origination and termination, calculated to the nearest minute; (D) the total cost paid by the buyer for the delivery order; (E) the total cost paid by the restaurant or retail establishment for the delivery order; (F) the customer service fee ; (G) the delivery fee; (H) the universally-unique identifier associated with the third party delivery driver; (I) the third party delivery driver’s city or town of residence as appearing on the driver’s license; (J) whether there were any driver or buyer-initiated cancellations; (K) the total time that the third party delivery driver spent on the way to pick up the delivery order by increments of 60 seconds; (L) the total time that the third party delivery driver spent stopped to pick up the delivery order by increments of 60 seconds; (M) the total time that the third party delivery driver spent driving to deliver the order by increments of 60 seconds; (N) the total time that the third party delivery driver spent delivering the order by increments of 60 seconds;
(ii) for all vehicles, third party delivery providers shall include (A) the vehicle license plate; (B) the vehicle make, model, year and, if available, trim; (C) the vehicle identification number; (D) the total number of minutes and miles while the vehicle was driving to pick up third party delivery orders; (D) the total number of minutes parked while picking up third party delivery orders; (E) the total number of minutes and miles while the vehicle was engaged in third party deliveries; (G) the total number of minutes while parked delivering third party delivery orders; (F) the total number of minutes and miles while the vehicle was logged into the third party delivery provider’s digital network for purposes of accepting a delivery order; (G) the geographic position of the vehicle while logged into the third party delivery network, provided at intervals of not less than every 60 seconds;
(iv) for each accident or crash involving a third party delivery driver while logged into the third party delivery vehicle’s digital network: (A) the latitude and longitude of the location of the accident or crash, calculated to 0.001 decimal degrees; (B) the date and time of the accident or crash, calculated to the nearest minute; and (C) the universally-unique identifier associated with the third party delivery driver.
(b) The division shall obtain additional data from third party delivery providers for the purposes of congestion management, which may include, but shall not be limited to: (i) the total number of third party delivery drivers that utilized the third party delivery vehicle’s digital network within specified geographic areas and time periods as determined by the division; (ii) the total time spent and total miles driven by third party delivery drivers in such geographic areas or time periods as determined by the division: (A) while engaged in driving on the way to pick up a delivery order; (B) while picking up a delivery order from a restaurant or retail establishment; (C) while engaged in driving to deliver a delivery order; or (D) while delivering an order to the buyer.
The division shall promulgate regulations relative to data collection pursuant to this subsection prior to obtaining the data.
(c) Annually, not later than June 30, the division shall post on its website, in aggregate form, the total number of deliveries provided by all third party delivery providers that originated in each city or town, each city or town where the deliveries originating in each city or town terminated and the average miles and minutes of the deliveries that originated in each city or town and terminated in each other respective city or town.
(d) For the purposes of congestion management, transportation planning, or emissions tracking, the division may enter into confidential data-sharing agreements to share de-identified, trip-level data received by the division pursuant to this section with the executive office of technology services and security, the executive office of energy and environmental affairs, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the Massachusetts Port Authority, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the department of environmental protection, a Massachusetts regional transit authority established under section 3 of chapter 161B, a Massachusetts regional planning agency and a Massachusetts metropolitan planning organization. The division shall prescribe the form and content of a confidential data-sharing agreement, the manner of transmitting the information and the information security measures that must be employed by any entity receiving the data. Any confidential data-sharing agreement shall specify that the information provided by the division shall be aggregated and de-identified and may be used only for the purposes set forth in the agreement. Any data received by an entity from the division through a confidential data-sharing agreement under this subsection shall not be considered a public record under clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 or chapter 66 and shall not be disclosed to any person or entity other than those listed or described in the confidential data-sharing agreement; provided, however, that a state or municipal government agency or transportation planning entity may disclose conclusions and analyses derived from the information and data received pursuant to a confidential data-sharing agreement.
(e) A violation of the terms of a confidential data-sharing agreement by an entity listed in subsection (d) may result in the division declining to enter into future confidential data-sharing agreements with the violating entity and in the termination of any existing data-sharing agreement with the entity. The division shall notify each third party delivery providers whose data was shared in violation of the terms of a confidential data-sharing agreement of the violating entity and what data was shared. An entity listed in subsection (d) that violates the terms of a confidential data-sharing agreement shall delete all data received as a result of the confidential data-sharing agreement.
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SECTION 1. Section 1 of Mass General Laws Chapter 159B is amended by adding the following definitions:
"Third-party delivery service company", a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship or other entity qualified to do business in the commonwealth that is engaged in facilitating same-day delivery or pickup of food and beverages through a third-party delivery service platform for 20 or more separately owned and operated covered establishments.
“Third Party Delivery Driver”, any person employed by or contracted by a third party delivery service company, for compensation, to deliver goods over irregular routes, to and from various points within the commonwealth, not based upon a predetermined schedule, and from different establishments.
SECTION 2. Said chapter 159B is hereby further amended by adding the following section:-
Section 23. (a) On the first day of each month, each third party delivery provider shall submit to the division, in a format approved by the division, data related to each delivery provided in the month prior to the previous month and shall include:
(i) (A) the mode of transportation for each delivery order, including but not limited to, motorcycle, electric motorcycle, moped, electric moped, bicycle, electric bicycle, micro-mobility, or other vehicle. If the delivery order is completed by a vehicle, they shall include whether the vehicle is propelled by internal combustion, battery-sourced electricity or a hybrid; (B) the latitude and longitude for the points of the delivery order origination and delivery order termination, calculated to 0.001 decimal degrees; (C) the date and time of the origination and termination, calculated to the nearest minute; (D) the total cost paid by the buyer for the delivery order; (E) the total cost paid by the restaurant or retail establishment for the delivery order; (F) the customer service fee ; (G) the delivery fee; (H) the universally-unique identifier associated with the third party delivery driver; (I) the third party delivery driver’s city or town of residence as appearing on the driver’s license; (J) whether there were any driver or buyer-initiated cancellations; (K) the total time that the third party delivery driver spent on the way to pick up the delivery order by increments of 60 seconds; (L) the total time that the third party delivery driver spent stopped to pick up the delivery order by increments of 60 seconds; (M) the total time that the third party delivery driver spent driving to deliver the order by increments of 60 seconds; (N) the total time that the third party delivery driver spent delivering the order by increments of 60 seconds;
(ii) for all vehicles, third party delivery providers shall include (A) the vehicle license plate; (B) the vehicle make, model, year and, if available, trim; (C) the vehicle identification number; (D) the total number of minutes and miles while the vehicle was driving to pick up third party delivery orders; (D) the total number of minutes parked while picking up third party delivery orders; (E) the total number of minutes and miles while the vehicle was engaged in third party deliveries; (G) the total number of minutes while parked delivering third party delivery orders; (F) the total number of minutes and miles while the vehicle was logged into the third party delivery provider’s digital network for purposes of accepting a delivery order; (G) the geographic position of the vehicle while logged into the third party delivery network, provided at intervals of not less than every 60 seconds;
(iv) for each accident or crash involving a third party delivery driver while logged into the third party delivery vehicle’s digital network: (A) the latitude and longitude of the location of the accident or crash, calculated to 0.001 decimal degrees; (B) the date and time of the accident or crash, calculated to the nearest minute; and (C) the universally-unique identifier associated with the third party delivery driver.
(b) The division shall obtain additional data from third party delivery providers for the purposes of congestion management, which may include, but shall not be limited to: (i) the total number of third party delivery drivers that utilized the third party delivery vehicle’s digital network within specified geographic areas and time periods as determined by the division; (ii) the total time spent and total miles driven by third party delivery drivers in such geographic areas or time periods as determined by the division: (A) while engaged in driving on the way to pick up a delivery order; (B) while picking up a delivery order from a restaurant or retail establishment; (C) while engaged in driving to deliver a delivery order; or (D) while delivering an order to the buyer.
The division shall promulgate regulations relative to data collection pursuant to this subsection prior to obtaining the data.
(c) Annually, not later than June 30, the division shall post on its website, in aggregate form, the total number of deliveries provided by all third party delivery providers that originated in each city or town, each city or town where the deliveries originating in each city or town terminated and the average miles and minutes of the deliveries that originated in each city or town and terminated in each other respective city or town.
(d) For the purposes of congestion management, transportation planning, or emissions tracking, the division may enter into confidential data-sharing agreements to share de-identified, trip-level data received by the division pursuant to this section with the executive office of technology services and security, the executive office of energy and environmental affairs, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the Massachusetts Port Authority, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the department of environmental protection, a Massachusetts regional transit authority established under section 3 of chapter 161B, a Massachusetts regional planning agency and a Massachusetts metropolitan planning organization. The division shall prescribe the form and content of a confidential data-sharing agreement, the manner of transmitting the information and the information security measures that must be employed by any entity receiving the data. Any confidential data-sharing agreement shall specify that the information provided by the division shall be aggregated and de-identified and may be used only for the purposes set forth in the agreement. Any data received by an entity from the division through a confidential data-sharing agreement under this subsection shall not be considered a public record under clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 or chapter 66 and shall not be disclosed to any person or entity other than those listed or described in the confidential data-sharing agreement; provided, however, that a state or municipal government agency or transportation planning entity may disclose conclusions and analyses derived from the information and data received pursuant to a confidential data-sharing agreement.
(e) A violation of the terms of a confidential data-sharing agreement by an entity listed in subsection (d) may result in the division declining to enter into future confidential data-sharing agreements with the violating entity and in the termination of any existing data-sharing agreement with the entity. The division shall notify each third party delivery providers whose data was shared in violation of the terms of a confidential data-sharing agreement of the violating entity and what data was shared. An entity listed in subsection (d) that violates the terms of a confidential data-sharing agreement shall delete all data received as a result of the confidential data-sharing agreement.