Public Hearing Notice for 2945 HB

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HB 2945, titled AN ACT Relating to transportation network companies, has been scheduled for a public hearing by the House Committee on Transportation.

Date and Time: 02/01/2018 3:30PM (Subject to change by the Legislature.)
Location: John L. O'Brien Building, House Hearing Rm B, Olympia, WA

The Office of Financial Management has identified this bill as requiring a ten-year projection of increased cost to the taxpayers or affected fee payers.

Ten-year projection:

Fiscal Year		Electronic Fingerprint-based background checks
2018
2019		$   600,000
2020		600,000
2021		600,000
2022		600,000
2023		600,000
2024		600,000
2025		600,000
2026		600,000
2027		600,000
Total:		$ 5,400,000

INDETERMINATE (+) --- It is unclear what the sum of the collection of the per trip or per ride surcharge might be and unknown how section 18(7) might affect the overall collection and distribution of the per trip or per ride surcharge.  

Section 18 (1)(a) sets a per trip passenger surcharge fee of ten cents to cover the costs of enforcement and regulation of state Transportation Network Companies (TNC) licensing and to be distributed to local jurisdictions within the state.  Although, section 18 (1)(b) allows for an increase of the per trip passenger surcharge fee 'if independently imposing the fee under subsection (7) of this section'.  In addition, section 18 (3) stipulates that the surcharge fee assessed under section 18 (1) must be remitted directly by the TNC to each city with a population of more than 500,000 or a county with a population of 1 million or more each quarter less the amount necessary to cover the cost to DOL for regulating and permitting TNCs and TNC drivers.  Section 18 (7) enables the imposition and amending an independent per ride fee for local law enforcement costs by local jurisdictions and states that these jurisdictions would be exempt from receiving funds from the TNC Account created in section 22.  "

Bill sponsors and contact information:

Representative Jake Fey, Prime Sponsor
Democrat
Tacoma
(360) 786-7974
Jake.Fey@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mike Chapman
Democrat
Port Angeles
(360) 786-7916
Mike.Chapman@leg.wa.gov

Representative Monica Jurado Stonier
Democrat
Vancouver
(360) 786-7872
Monica.Stonier@leg.wa.gov

Representative Marcus Riccelli
Democrat
Spokane
(360) 786-7888
Marcus.Riccelli@leg.wa.gov


House Committee on Transportation members and contact information:

Representative Mike Chapman
Democrat
Port Angeles
(360) 786-7916
Mike.Chapman@leg.wa.gov

Representative Judy Clibborn
Democrat
Mercer Island
(360) 786-7926
Judy.Clibborn@leg.wa.gov

Representative Jake Fey
Democrat
Tacoma
(360) 786-7974
Jake.Fey@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mia Gregerson
Democrat
Sea-Tac
(360) 786-7868
Mia.Gregerson@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mark Hargrove
Republican
Black Diamond
(360) 786-7918
Mark.Hargrove@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mark Harmsworth
Republican
Mill Creek
(360) 786-7892
Mark.Harmsworth@leg.wa.gov

Representative Dave Hayes
Republican
Camano Island
(360) 786-7914
Dave.Hayes@leg.wa.gov

Representative Morgan Irwin
Republican
Enumclaw
(360) 786-7866
Morgan.Irwin@leg.wa.gov

Representative Shelley Kloba
Democrat
Kirkland
(360) 786-7900
Shelley.Kloba@leg.wa.gov

Representative John Lovick
Democrat
Mill Creek
(360) 786-7804
John.Lovick@leg.wa.gov

Representative Joan McBride
Democrat
Kirkland
(360) 786-7848
Joan.McBride@leg.wa.gov

Representative Jeff Morris
Democrat
Anacortes
(360) 786-7970
Jeff.Morris@leg.wa.gov

Representative Ed Orcutt
Republican
Kalama
(360) 786-7990
Ed.Orcutt@leg.wa.gov

Representative Lillian Ortiz-Self
Democrat
Mukilteo
(360) 786-7972
Lillian.Ortiz-Self@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mike Pellicciotti
Democrat
Federal Way
(360) 786-7898
Mike.Pellicciotti@leg.wa.gov

Representative Liz Pike
Republican
Camas
(360) 786-7812
Liz.Pike@leg.wa.gov

Representative Marcus Riccelli
Democrat
Spokane
(360) 786-7888
Marcus.Riccelli@leg.wa.gov

Representative Jay Rodne
Republican
Snoqualmie
(360) 786-7852
Jay.Rodne@leg.wa.gov

Representative Matt Shea
Republican
Greenacres
(360) 786-7984
Matt.Shea@leg.wa.gov

Representative Melanie Stambaugh
Republican
Puyallup
(360) 786-7948
Melanie.Stambaugh@leg.wa.gov

Representative Gael Tarleton
Democrat
Seattle
(360) 786-7860
Gael.Tarleton@leg.wa.gov

Representative Javier Valdez
Democrat
Seattle
(360) 786-7818
Javier.Valdez@leg.wa.gov

Representative Luanne Van Werven
Republican
Lynden
(360) 786-7980
Luanne.VanWerven@leg.wa.gov

Representative Sharon Wylie
Democrat
Vancouver
(360) 786-7924
Sharon.Wylie@leg.wa.gov

Representative Jesse Young
Republican
Gig Harbor
(360) 786-7964
Jesse.Young@leg.wa.gov



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