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H0643...........................................................by BUSINESS
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING - Amends existing law to provide for the recovery
of vehicle licensing, title and registration fees by a company engaged in
the rental of motor vehicles; and to place limitations on such recovery.
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]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 643
BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE FEES; AMENDING CHAPTER 4, TITLE 49, IDAHO CODE, BY
3 THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 49-451, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE
4 RECOVERY OF MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING, TITLE AND REGISTRATION FEES BY A COM-
5 PANY ENGAGED IN THE RENTAL OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND TO PLACE LIMITATIONS ON
6 SUCH RECOVERY.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Chapter 4, Title 49, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
9 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
10 ignated as Section 49-451, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
11 49-451. RECOVERY OF VEHICLE LICENSING, TITLE AND REGISTRATION FEES --
12 LIMITATIONS. (1) A company engaged in the rental of motor vehicles is autho-
13 rized to charge its customers a vehicle licensing, title and registration
14 recovery fee, hereinafter "VLF," on each rental agreement, which fee will rep-
15 resent a portion of the company's estimated costs as imposed by the state and
16 by a political subdivision for the registration, titling and licensing of its
17 vehicles during the calendar year.
18 (2) If charged, the VLF shall be separately stated and identified as such
19 on the rental agreement and described in the rental agreement as the estimated
20 average per day per vehicle portion of the rental company's total annual vehi-
21 cle title and registration costs for its rental fleet.
22 (3) A VLF shall be estimated by the rental company based upon the esti-
23 mated average annual registration, titling and licensing costs and prorated at
24 1/365 of the annual registration, titling and licensing costs for each full or
25 partial rental day.
26 (4) No company charging a VLF may make an advertisement in this state
27 that includes a statement of the rental rate for a vehicle available for rent
28 in this state, unless the advertisement includes a statement that the customer
29 must pay such a VLF and discloses the maximum daily charge for the VLF.
30 (5) VLFs collected in excess of the actual amount of the licensing,
31 titling and registration costs incurred by the rental company, shall be
32 retained by the rental company and applied toward the recovery of the follow-
33 ing year's licensing, titling and registration costs. In such event, the VLF
34 charged by the rental company for the following year's VLF shall be estimated
35 in good faith and shall be adjusted to take into account the excess amount
36 collected from the prior year.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 15570
The purpose of this legislation is to provide for legal
specification and limitations regarding the practice of charging
consumers vehicle licensing, title and registration fees as part of
the rental price when they rent an automobile in Idaho. Initially
the legislation specifies that the practice of including vehicle
licensing, title and registration fees as a portion of the rental
price is legal under Idaho law. However, the legislation includes
limitations upon the amount of fees that a rental company may
charge to a consumer for licensing, title and registration costs.
Finally, the legislation requires disclosure of vehicle licensing,
title and registration fees in rental company advertisements
containing a statement of the rental rate.
FISCAL NOTE
No fiscal impact.
Contact
Name: Brad Dixon
Phone: 345-2000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 643