State: Georgia
The proposed tax on ride share: 4 cent state sales tax on ride share + local governments can add their own sales tax
WTOC 11 | Proposed tax could bring changes ride-sharing apps like Uber, Lyft
Category Archives: legislative trend
+1 City Says no to Fingerprinting for Ride Share.
Chicago will soon release recommendations from a special commission that will not recommend federal fingerprint checks of ride share drivers.
Chicago Business Journal | Uber, Lyft drivers won’t be fingerprinted, alderman says
NEW Ride Share Trend. Auto Insurance Share. 3 Key Pieces of Info.
The state legislature that may be 1st to amend their auto insurance code: New York
A group pooling auto insurance for car sahring: Getaround
What types of legislation are states considering on car sharing?b
- tax car sharing
- incentivize car-sharing through tax credits
- creating car-sharing partnerships
Albany Times Union | Getaround boosts car-sharing insurance bill
+1 State for Statewide Fingerprinting of Ride Share. 3 Pieces of Intel.
the State: Rhode Island
the Status of statewide ride share laws: Statewide laws passed in 2016
The impetus for the added statewide requirement for fingerprinting:
- Its from the brain of the State Attorney General
- The Attorney General wants nationwide criminal background checks that include fingerprinting for all drivers- ride share and taxis alike
- Taxis support the requirement
- Ride Share Company Uber does not
Rhode Island via San Louis Obispo Tribune | Attorney general wants Uber, Lyft…
Golden State HSR moves forward to lay rail. 2 Key Pieces of Info.
- In 2008, voters approved $10 billion in bonds
- On March 3, 2017 the California Finance Department approved the sale of bonds to spend $2.6 billion on rail work in the Central Valley.
El Paso Inc | California high-speed rail ready to lay some track
Millennials on State Wide Ride Share Laws. 5 Points to be Informed.
A millennial writing in the Daily Texan has this to say about SB 113, statewide ride share laws:
- takes away power from the city government
- overturns existing city regulations
- overturns “common-sensical safety regulations”
- this is about helping the big companies at the expense of small ride share companies
- “favor degradingly lower cuts” for ride share drivers
Daily Texan | SB 113 ignores public to make way for Uber and Lyft
+1 Red State Lege Proposing Gas Tax
State: Montana
Legislative proposal to increase the gas tax by: 8 cents
Last time Montana increased the gas tax? 23 years ago
The pitch: Out of state drivers would pay between 25 and 40% of the new gas tax revenue
Equipment World | Montana lawmaker introduces bill for 8-cent gas tax increase
Local Trend. Alcohol Related Accidents Decline from Ride Share. + Read the related Bill
City: Jacksonville, FL
The decline in crash and arrest statistics noticeable decrease in alcohol crimes:
- DWI arrests decined by 25%
- Alcohol related crashes declined by 14%
Are there other reasons for the decline? Maybe. There’s no way to determine what is the cause of the decline nor is there a way to determine that ride share didn’t cause the decline.
Touted in the Jacksonville, FL article: Florida’s SB 340 establishing a statewide regulatory structure for ride share
TREND. Regulating Ride Share Aloha Style. Taxi Argument.
State: Hawaii
Taxi industry is pushing for legislation to require: ride shar edrivers to display the excise tax certificate that Taxis must display.
What’s behind this excise tax certificate push? Taxis claim ride share companies do not pay the state’s excise tax like they do
Other issues at play: Whether drivers pay the excise tax
Hawaii Now | Taxi companies accuse Uber, Lyft of not paying millions in excise taxes
Update. The Other Side of the Coin—- 18 Bills = 9 Bills + Companions. High Speed De-Railment.
Highlights from Texas Central Rail repsonse to the high speed rail bill package:
- ” a slate of discriminatory bills”
- it is the “use the power of the state government to single out and kill a free market project”
- 10,000 jobs are represented by high speed rail project
- Billions of dollars will be invested in the Texas economy
- Collaborating with landowners
- “a majority of Texans have been clamoring for” this project
WTAW Brazos Valley | Texas Central Partners Reaction To State Legislation…