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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’
Amend the bill in the emergency preamble in the 3rd paragraph in the first line (page 1, line 5 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "municipalities" and inserting the following: 'primary airports as designated by the Federal Aviation Administration that have at least 20,000 enplaned passengers annually'
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1677, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 279, §2, is amended to read:
§ 1677.Municipal action
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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 network 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 that a primary airport as designated by the Federal Aviation Administration that annually has at least 20,000 enplaned passengers may regulate the traffic flow and parking for and charge reasonable fees to a transportation network company in a manner consistent with the airport’s regulation of other reserved transportation providers.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report, removes the provisions of the bill and instead provides that a primary airport with at least 20,000 enplaned passengers annually may regulate the traffic flow and parking for and charge reasonable fees to a transportation network company in a manner consistent with the airport’s regulation of other reserved transportation providers.