January 31, 2007, Introduced by Senators RICHARDVILLE, SCOTT and PAPPAGEORGE and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 810c.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 810c. (1) A rental vehicle company may not charge a
consumer a separately stated fee to recover any portion of the
rental vehicle company's titling and registration costs incurred
under this act for its fleet of rental vehicles, unless the fee
meets all of the following:
(a) The fee represents a good-faith estimate by the rental
vehicle company of the average per day per vehicle portion of the
rental vehicle company's total annual titling and registration
costs incurred under this act.
(b) The fee is itemized in a rental agreement separately from
other charges to the consumer.
(c) The fee is described in the rental agreement in the
following manner: "the estimated average per day per vehicle
portion of the rental company's total annual titling and
registration costs incurred under the Michigan vehicle code".
(2) If the total amount of the fees collected by a rental
vehicle company under this section in any calendar year exceeds the
rental vehicle company's actual titling and registration costs
incurred during that calendar year, the rental vehicle company
shall do both of the following:
(a) Retain the excess amount.
(b) Adjust the estimated average per day per vehicle titling
and registration charge for the following calendar year by a
corresponding amount.
(3) If a rental vehicle company advertises the rental rate for
a vehicle available for rent in this state, the rental vehicle
company shall include the fee authorized under this section in the
advertised price, unless the advertisement clearly and
conspicuously discloses the maximum daily amount of the fee.
(4) As used in this section, "rental vehicle company" means a
person that rents a motor vehicle to a consumer.