An Act To Allow for the Regulation of Transportation Network Companies at Airports by Municipalities
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0180
Committee Amendment CA_A_H124 (House)
Amends: 29-A MRSA §1677

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A:,, to H.P. 143, L.D. 180, Bill, "An Act To Allow 
for the Regulation of Transportation Network Companies at Airports by Municipalities" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Allow for the Regulation of Transportation Network Companies at 
Airports by Certain Municipalities' 
Amend the bill in the 3rd indented paragraph after the title in the first line (page 1, 
line 5 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "allows" the following: 'certain' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
emergency clause and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1677, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 279, §2, is repealed and the 
following enacted in its place: 
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§1677. Municipal action 
1. Authority restricted. Notwithstanding any other provision oflaw to the contraty, 
a municipality or other political subdivision may not adopt an ordinance, regulation or 
procedure governing the operations of a transportation network company, driver or motor 
vehicle used by a transportation networl( company driver to provide a prearranged ride or 
impose a tax or fee on or require a license for a transportation network company, driver 
or motor vehicle used by a transportation network company driver to provide a 
prearranged ride, except as provided in subsection 2. 
2. Primary airports. A municipality or other political subdivision operating a 
public airport that receives scheduled passenger aircraft service and that had more than 
20,000 passenger boardings in the previous year, may in a manner that is consistent with 
the airport's regulation of other prearranged for-hire transportation services including but 
not limited to taxicabs and limousines: : 
A. Regulate the parking and traffic flow of transportation network company drivers 
at the airport; and 
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B. Charge a transportation network company a reasonable fee for each trip to pick up 
a rider at the airport made by a driver for the transportation network company. 
For the purposes of this subsection, the term "passenger boardings" means passenger 
boardings on an aircraft in service at the'airport that generate revenue for an airline or the 
airport.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, instead of givitig municipalities broad authority to adopt an 
ordinance governing the operations of a transportation network c'ompany at an airport, 
specifies that a municipality or other political subdivision operating a public airport that 
receives scheduled passenger aircraft service and that had more than 20,000 passenger 
boardings in the previous year may in a inanner consistent with the airport's regulation of 
other prearranged for-hire transportation services charge a reasonable fee for each trip to 
pick up a rider at the airport made by a driver for a transportation network company and 
regulate the pru:king and traffic flow of transportation network company drivers at the 
airport. 
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