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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0059 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000601 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIDESHARE VEHICLE SURCHARGE |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Kallman, Euer, DiMario, Pearson, Murray, Miller, Sosnowski, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Mack, Lauria, and Valverde |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 01, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Commerce |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Title 31 of the General Laws entitled "MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES" 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | CHAPTER 34.2 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | RIDESHARE VEHICLE SURCHARGE 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 31-34.2-1. Rideshare vehicle surcharge. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) Each rideshare company shall collect a surcharge which shall be added to the fare 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | charged to each customer. 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) The surcharge shall be seventy-five cents ($0.75) per fare. 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (c) The total amount of surcharge collections shall be remitted to the State of Rhode Island, 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | and fifty percent (50%) of the surcharge collections shall be deposited in a restricted account to be 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | used for street infrastructure improvements in the municipality where the fare originated, and fifty 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | percent (50%) of the surcharge collections shall be deposited in a restricted account to be used as 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | funding for implementation of Transit Forward RI as adopted by the state planning council. 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (d) The tax administrator shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the provisions of this chapter. 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (e) All disbursements and expenditures of funds from the restricted accounts subject to the 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | provisions of this section shall be by appropriation of the general assembly. 17 |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1 |
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| 50 | 50 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 51 | 51 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 52 | 52 | | OF |
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| 53 | 53 | | A N A C T |
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| 54 | 54 | | RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIDESHARE VEHICLE SURCHARGE |
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| 55 | 55 | | *** |
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| 56 | 56 | | This act would implement a seventy-five cent ($0.75) surcharge on fares charged by 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | rideshare companies. This act would also require that fifty percent (50%) of the surcharges be 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | deposited in a restricted account to be used for street improvements in the municipality where the 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | fare originated, and fifty percent (50%) of the surcharges be deposited in a restricted account to 4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | fund Transit Forward RI. 5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 6 |
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