The state Small Business Regulatory Review Board was slated Wednesday to review the state Department of Transportation’s proposal for a new set of commercial ground transportation rules that account for ride-hailing, which didn’t exist when the rules were last modified in 2002.

However, DOT Airports Division Deputy Director Ross Higashi told the board that the department planned to redraft the proposed rules to address issues raised during a Friday stakeholder meeting. The meeting was called after the board unanimously deferred action on proposed rule changes during its April meeting so that DOT could address the concerns that were raised by attendees.

Board chairman Anthony Borge said DOT needed to clarify whether ride-hailing exemptions in rules governing fees, insurance requirements, and vehicle transponders and permitting would be equally and fairly available to all permittees that service airports. Board vice chairman Robert Cundiff said administrative rules should be equal.

Tabatha Chow, senior operations manager for Uber Hawaii, said the proposed rule changes were not “substantial” and would “modernize the current rules and allow for continued innovation of existing and emerging technologies.” But several taxicab companies, including Charley’s Taxi, said DOT’s earlier proposal favored Uber and Lyft with “unfair, significant economic and competitive advantages.”

Higashi said the department hopes to bring a new set of rules to the board for consideration in June and would cancel the public hearings that were slated for May 29 in Honolulu, May 30 in Kona, May 31 in Kahului and June 1 in Lihue.

In the meantime, Uber and Lyft will continue pickups at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu under a pilot program, which began Dec. 1, 2017, and is slated to run through Aug. 31.