Section 654.2 Of Title 16. General Provisions From California Penal Code >> Title 16. >> Part 1.
654.2
. The provisions of Section 654.1 of the Penal Code shall not
apply to the selling, furnishing, or providing of transportation of
any person or persons in any of the following circumstances:
(a) When no compensation is paid or to be paid, either directly or
indirectly, for the transportation.
(b) For the furnishing or providing of transportation to or from
work of employees engaged in farmwork on any farm of the State of
California.
(c) For the furnishing or providing of transportation to and from
work of employees of any nonprofit cooperative association, organized
pursuant to any law of the State of California.
(d) For the transportation of persons wholly or substantially
within the limits of a single municipality or of contiguous
municipalities.
(e) For transportation of persons over a route wholly or partly
within a national park or state park where the transportation is sold
in conjunction with, or as part of, a rail trip or trip over a
regularly operated motorbus transportation system or line.
(f) For the transportation of persons between home and work
locations or of persons having a common work-related trip purpose in
a vehicle having a seating capacity of 15 passengers or less,
including the driver, which is used for the purpose of ridesharing,
as defined in Section 522 of the Vehicle Code, when the ridesharing
is incidental to another purpose of the driver. This exemption does
not apply if the primary purpose for the transportation of those
persons is to make a profit. "Profit," as used in this subdivision,
does not include the recovery of the actual costs incurred in owning
and operating a vanpool vehicle, as defined in Section 668 of the
Vehicle Code.