Uber and Lyft returned to the city May 29 after Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill establishing statewide ride-hailing regulations.

The statewide law superseded municipal rules, such as Austin’s requirement for ride-hailing drivers to undergo fingerprint-based background checks. Uber and Lyft left Austin after the failure of a ballot proposition calling for looser regulations of the local ride-hailing industry.

Under the December 2015 ordinance, an app-based ride-hailing company with dynamic pricing, also known as a transportation network company, had to apply for an operating authority from the city. Companies were also expected to have 99 percent of their drivers compliant with the fingerprinting mandate.

The city no longer has authority to permit drivers or transportation network companies. The city collected fees from companies operating a ride-hailing service in the city in the past year. Those companies included Wingz, RideAustin, Fasten, Fare and GetMe.