(a) At the time transportation service is prearranged or the contract of carriage is made, the charter-party carrier of passengers shall ask the chartering party and, upon being asked, the chartering party shall disclose to the charter-party carrier of passengers, whether the following are true: (1) Alcoholic beverages will be served by the chartering party or be transported in the passenger compartment of the vehicle during transportation. (2) A member of the party to be provided with transportation services will be under 21 years of age. (b) If, at the time transportation was prearranged with the charter-party carrier of passengers, the chartering party discloses that alcoholic beverages will be served or transported in the passenger compartment and a member of the party is under 21 years of age, each of the following applies: (1) The charter-party carrier of passengers, at the time transportation services are arranged, shall notify the chartering party of all of the following: (A) A designee who is 25 years of age or older shall be present whenever persons under 21 years of age who are not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian are being transported. (B) The designee shall make reasonable efforts to ensure compliance with all laws prohibiting the consumption of alcoholic beverages by persons under 21 years of age who are members of the party and are not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. (C) The designee shall check the identifications of all passengers to determine who is under 21 years of age and shall read the statement specified in paragraph (7) to each passenger in the party who is under 21 years of age. The driver shall not commence transport until the designee has verified with the driver that the designee has checked the identifications of all passengers and has read the statement. If passengers are picked up at more than one location, the driver shall not commence transport from the subsequent location until the designee has verified with the driver that the designee has checked the identifications of all passengers boarding the vehicle at that location and has read the statement to all passengers boarding the vehicle at that location. (D) The designee shall notify the driver of the vehicle if, at any time during the trip, a passenger in their party who is under 21 years of age is consuming or has consumed alcoholic beverages. (E) The designee shall be responsible for any reasonably foreseeable personal injury or property damage that is proximately caused by the consumption of alcoholic beverages by a person under 21 years of age while being supplied with transportation services if the designee knew or reasonably should have known that the person is under 21 years of age or has consumed alcoholic beverages while being supplied with transportation services. (F) If a trip is terminated because of the consumption of alcoholic beverages by a person under 21 years of age who is a member of their party, the designeeâs responsibility for that minor shall continue until that person who is under 21 years of age is returned safely to his or her home or entrusted into the care of his or her parent or legal guardian or taken to a location reasonably believed to be safer than his or her home. (2) (A) The charter-party carrier of passengers shall provide a copy of the written form described in paragraph (4) to the chartering party and shall verify the written form has been returned with the signature of the designee no later than 72 hours prior to the commencement of the travel date. If the transportation service is prearranged within 72 hours of the travel date, the charter-party carrier of passengers shall immediately provide the written form described in paragraph (4) to the chartering party as a stand-alone form separate from the contract of carriage, to be returned prior to the commencement of transportation services with the signature of the designee. A charter-party carrier of passengers may supply the charte
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