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Committee weighs bill to bar rental companies from separately stating "vehicle license recovery" fees
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The Consumer Protection & Business Committee took testimony Wednesday on House Bill 1431, which would prohibit rental car companies from separately stating a vehicle license cost recovery fee and limit separately stated taxes and surcharges to those imposed directly by government.
The Consumer Protection & Business Committee took testimony Wednesday on House Bill 1431, a proposal that would stop rental car companies from separately stating a vehicle license cost recovery fee in rental agreements and limit separately stated surcharges to those imposed directly by governments.
Peter Clodfelter, committee staff, told members existing law allows rental companies to separately state fees that recover the firms’ costs to license, title, register and plate rental vehicles. "House Bill 1431 would limit the taxes and government surcharges that can be included and separately stated in a rental car agreement to those that are directly imposed on a rental car customer by a federal, state, or local government agency," he said. The bill would prohibit rental…
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