(a) The authority to regulate transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers is reserved to the state, and, except as specifically provided by statute, a municipality may not enact or enforce an ordinance regulating transportation network companies or transportation network company drivers.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 29.35.148
municipality: means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(b) The prohibition on regulation under (a) of this section does not include
(1) imposition of a municipal sales tax on a transportation network company driver that taxes a trip originating in the municipality in the same manner that other services are taxed in the municipality; in imposing a sales tax as permitted by this paragraph, a municipality may require the transportation network company to collect and pay the municipal sales tax on behalf of transportation network company drivers;(2) a municipal traffic ordinance.(c) Notwithstanding Alaska Stat. § 28.01.010 or (a) of this section, a municipality may by ordinance ratified by the voters in a regular municipal election prohibit transportation network companies from conducting activities under Alaska Stat. Chapter 28.23 within the municipality.(d) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.(e) In this section,
(1) “transportation network company” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 28.23.180;(2) “transportation network company driver” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 28.23.180.
