28-9706. Autonomous vehicles; fees prohibited; exceptions; enforcement

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A. A county, city or town may not impose any tax, fee, for-hire vehicle requirement or other requirement on automated driving systems or autonomous vehicles or on a person who operates an autonomous vehicle, including a person who operates an autonomous vehicle for purposes of providing passenger transportation, freight transportation, goods delivery services or an on-demand autonomous vehicle network.

B. Subsection A of this section does not prohibit either:

1. An airport operator that operates a public airport pursuant to section 28-8421, 28-8423 or 28-8424 or a public body operating a public airport from charging reasonable fees consistent with any fees charged to companies that provide similar services at that airport for their use of the airport's facilities.

2. An airport from designating locations for staging, pickup or other similar operations at the airport.

C. The department of transportation and the department of public safety are the only state agencies that may implement or enforce this chapter, except that neither agency may prescribe procedures or rules that are unreasonable or unduly burdensome.