THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	3022
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that over the past five years, the transportation network company industry has experienced substantial growth nationally and in Hawaii, transforming the way people commute and navigate. This paradigm shift is evident in cities like Boston, where the gross revenues generated by transportation network company rides reached a staggering $45,000,000 in 2022 alone. As transportation network companies continue to grow, their impact is increasingly felt in Hawaii's communities and on its roads. In Hawaii, a state heavily reliant on tourism, transportation network company services are often utilized by visitors. The legislature further finds that visitors and transportation network company platforms should contribute more to ensure the safety of children biking, walking, or rolling to school.

The legislature further finds that implementing a fee has been successful for funding infrastructure in other states like Minnesota. Hawaii has the potential to create a self-sustaining source of funding for the State's safe routes to schools program. This approach not only aligns with broader initiatives to promote responsible tourism, but also represents a responsible means of addressing the safety issues that are exacerbated by the proliferation of transportation network company services in the State.

The purpose of this Act is to implement a fee on each transportation network company ride, to be used on safety projects.

SECTION 2. Chapter 279G, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§279G-   Transportation network company fee. (a) There is levied and shall be assessed and collected a transportation network company fee of            cents on each ride originated through a transportation network company's digital platform. The transportation network company fee shall be levied upon the rider.

(b) Each transportation network company shall collect and remit the required transportation network company fees to the department of taxation.

(c) All fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the safe routes to schools program special fund established under section 291C-4.

(d) For the purposes of this section, "transportation network company" means the same as in section 431:10C-701."

SECTION 3. Section 291C-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§291C-4 Safe routes to school program special fund; establishment. There is established in the state treasury the safe routes to school program special fund, into which shall be deposited:

(1) Assessments collected for speeding in a school zone, pursuant to section 291C-104; [and]

(2) Safe routes to school program surcharges collected in accordance with sections 291-16 and 291C-5[.]; and

(3) Transportation network company fees collected in accordance with section 279G-  ."

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Transportation; Transportation Network Company; Safe Routes to School Program Special Fund; Fee

Description:

Establishes a transportation network company fee. Provides for the deposit into the Safe Routes to School Program special fund of transportation network company fees collected. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)

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