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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 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‘Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1677, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 279, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
§ 1677. Municipal action
 
1.  Authority restricted.     Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 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 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
 
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 giving municipalities broad authority to adopt an ordinance governing the operations of a transportation network company 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 manner 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 parking and traffic flow of transportation network company drivers at the airport.