00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 305                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to compensation of transportation network company drivers."                                            
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 28.23 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
04 Sec. 28.23.150. Transportation network company driver fees; minimum                                                   
05 compensation. (a) A transportation network driver is entitled to payment from the                                     
06 transportation network company of at least 90 percent of the fare charged by the                                        
07       transportation network company to a rider for a prearranged ride.                                                 
08            (b)  When a transportation network driver drives more than 10 miles from the                                 
09       location at which the transportation network driver accepts a prearranged ride request                            
10 to the location at which the rider enters the driver's personal vehicle, the transportation                             
11 network company shall compensate the driver for the distance traveled at a rate for                                     
12 each mile that is equal to the optional standard mileage rate for business use of                                       
13 automobiles set by the United States Internal Revenue Service and for the time spent                                    
14 traveling at a rate at least equal to the state minimum wage established in                                             
15 AS 23.10.065. Additionally, the transportation network company shall, in the same                                       

01       manner, compensate the driver for the distance traveled and the time spent traveling                              
02       from the location where the rider exits the driver's personal vehicle                                             
03                 (1)  to the location where the driver received the ride request; or                                     
04                 (2)  to the location of an accepted prearranged ride if that location is                                
05       more than 10 miles away.                                                                                          
06            (c)  A transportation network company may not count a gratuity paid to a                                     
07       transportation network company driver by a rider toward the compensation that the                                 
08       company is required to pay the driver under (b) of this section.