Sen. Steve Stadelman

Filed: 5/4/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2522

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2522, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6changing Section 6-305 as follows:
 
7    (625 ILCS 5/6-305)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-305)
8    Sec. 6-305. Renting motor vehicle to another.
9    (a) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any other
10person unless the latter person, or a driver designated by a
11nondriver with disabilities and meeting any minimum age and
12driver's record requirements that are uniformly applied by the
13person renting a motor vehicle, is then duly licensed hereunder
14or, in the case of a nonresident, then duly licensed under the
15laws of the State or country of his residence unless the State
16or country of his residence does not require that a driver be

 

 

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1licensed.
2    (b) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to another until
3he has inspected the drivers license of the person to whom the
4vehicle is to be rented, or by whom it is to be driven, and
5compared and verified the signature thereon with the signature
6of such person written in his presence unless, in the case of a
7nonresident, the State or country wherein the nonresident
8resides does not require that a driver be licensed.
9    (c) No person shall rent a motorcycle to another unless the
10latter person is then duly licensed hereunder as a motorcycle
11operator, and in the case of a nonresident, then duly licensed
12under the laws of the State or country of his residence, unless
13the State or country of his residence does not require that a
14driver be licensed.
15    (c-1) A rental car company that rents a motor vehicle shall
16ensure that the renter is provided with an emergency telephone
17number to personnel capable of fielding roadside assistance and
18other customer service inquiries, including the ability to
19provide the caller with the telephone number of the location
20from which the vehicle was rented, if requested by the caller.
21If an owner's manual is not available in the vehicle at the
22time of the rental, an owner's manual for that vehicle or a
23similar model shall be accessible by the personnel answering
24the emergency telephone number for assistance with inquiries
25about the operation of the vehicle.
26    (d) (Blank).

 

 

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1    (e) (Blank).
2    (f) Subject to subsection (l), any person who rents a motor
3vehicle to another shall only advertise, quote, and charge a
4rental rate that includes the entire amount except taxes, a
5mileage charge, and airport concession charge, if any, which a
6renter must pay to hire or lease the vehicle for the period of
7time to which the rental rate applies. The person must provide,
8on the request of the renter, based on the available
9information, an estimated total of the daily rental rate,
10including all applicable taxes, fees, and other charges, or an
11estimated total rental charge, based on the return date of the
12vehicle noted on the rental agreement. Further, if the rental
13agreement does not already provide an estimated total rental
14charge, the following statement must be included in the rental
15agreement:
16    "NOTICE: UNDER ILLINOIS LAW, YOU MAY REQUEST, BASED ON
17    AVAILABLE INFORMATION, AN ESTIMATED TOTAL DAILY RENTAL
18    RATE, INCLUDING TAXES, FEES, AND OTHER CHARGES, OR AN
19    ESTIMATED TOTAL RENTAL CHARGE, BASED ON THE VEHICLE RETURN
20    DATE NOTED ON THIS AGREEMENT."
21    Such person shall not charge in addition to the rental
22rate, taxes, mileage charge, and airport concession charge, if
23any, any fee which must be paid by the renter as a condition of
24hiring or leasing the vehicle, such as, but not limited to,
25required fuel or airport surcharges, nor any fee for
26transporting the renter to the location where the rented

 

 

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1vehicle will be delivered to the renter. In addition to the
2rental rate, taxes, mileage charge, and airport concession
3charge, if any, such person may charge for an item or service
4provided in connection with a particular rental transaction if
5the renter can avoid incurring the charge by choosing not to
6obtain or utilize the optional item or service. Items and
7services for which such person may impose an additional charge
8include, but are not limited to, optional insurance and
9accessories requested by the renter, service charges incident
10to the renter's optional return of the vehicle to a location
11other than the location where the vehicle was hired or leased,
12and charges for refueling the vehicle at the conclusion of the
13rental transaction in the event the renter did not return the
14vehicle with as much fuel as was in the fuel tank at the
15beginning of the rental. "Airport concession charge" means a
16charge or fee imposed and collected from a renter to reimburse
17the motor vehicle rental company for the concession fee it is
18required to pay to a local government corporate authority or
19airport authority to rent motor vehicles at the airport
20facility. The airport concession charge is in addition to any
21customer facility charge or any other charge.
22    (f-5) A rental car company that offers a renter the
23opportunity to use a transponder or other electronic tolling
24device shall notify the renter of the opportunity to use the
25device at or before the beginning of the rental agreement.
26    If a vehicle offered by a rental car company is equipped

 

 

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1with a transponder or other electronic tolling device and the
2company fails to notify the renter of the option to use the
3device, the rental car company shall not:
4        (1) charge a renter a fee of more than $2 each day for
5    the use of a transponder or other electronic tolling
6    device; however, the company may recoup the actual cost
7    incurred for any toll; and
8        (2) charge a renter a daily fee on any day the renter
9    does not drive through an electronic toll or only drives
10    through an electronic toll collection system for which no
11    alternative payment option exists.
12    (g) Every person renting a motor vehicle to another shall
13keep a record of the registration number of the motor vehicle
14so rented, the name and address of the person to whom the
15vehicle is rented, the number of the license, if any, of said
16latter person, and the date and place when and where the
17license, if any, was issued. Such record shall be open to
18inspection by any police officer or designated agent of the
19Secretary of State.
20    (h) A person licensed as a new car dealer under Section
215-101 of this Code shall not be subject to the provisions of
22this Section regarding the rental of private passenger motor
23vehicles when providing, free of charge, temporary substitute
24vehicles for customers to operate during a period when a
25customer's vehicle, which is either leased or owned by that
26customer, is being repaired, serviced, replaced or otherwise

 

 

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1made unavailable to the customer in accordance with an
2agreement with the licensed new car dealer or vehicle
3manufacturer, so long as the customer orally or in writing is
4made aware that the temporary substitute vehicle will be
5covered by his or her insurance policy and the customer shall
6only be liable to the extent of any amount deductible from such
7insurance coverage in accordance with the terms of the policy.
8    (i) This Section, except the requirements of subsection
9(g), also applies to rental agreements of 30 continuous days or
10less involving a motor vehicle that was delivered by an out of
11State person or business to a renter in this State.
12    (j) A public airport may, if approved by its local
13government corporate authorities or its airport authority,
14impose a customer facility charge upon customers of rental car
15companies for the purposes of financing, designing,
16constructing, operating, and maintaining consolidated car
17rental facilities and common use transportation equipment and
18facilities, which are used to transport the customer,
19connecting consolidated car rental facilities with other
20airport facilities.
21    Notwithstanding subsection (f) of this Section, the
22customer facility charge shall be collected by the rental car
23company as a separate charge, and clearly indicated as a
24separate charge on the rental agreement and invoice. Facility
25charges shall be immediately deposited into a trust account for
26the benefit of the airport and remitted at the direction of the

 

 

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1airport, but not more often than once per month. The charge
2shall be uniformly calculated on a per-contract or per-day
3basis. Facility charges imposed by the airport may not exceed
4the reasonable costs of financing, designing, constructing,
5operating, and maintaining the consolidated car rental
6facilities and common use transportation equipment and
7facilities and may not be used for any other purpose.
8    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the charges
9collected under this Section are not subject to retailer
10occupation, sales, use, or transaction taxes.
11    (k) When a rental car company states a rental rate in any
12of its rate advertisements, its proprietary computer
13reservation systems, or its in-person quotations intended to
14apply to an airport rental, a company that collects from its
15customers a customer facility charge for that rental under
16subsection (j) shall do all of the following:
17        (1) Clearly and conspicuously disclose in any radio,
18    television, or other electronic media advertisements the
19    existence and amount of the charge if the advertisement is
20    intended for rentals at an airport imposing the charge or,
21    if the advertisement covers an area with multiple airports
22    with different charges, a range of amounts of customer
23    facility charges if the advertisement is intended for
24    rentals at an airport imposing the charge.
25        (2) Clearly and conspicuously disclose in any print
26    rate advertising the existence and amount of the charge if

 

 

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1    the advertisement is intended for rentals at an airport
2    imposing the charge or, if the print rate advertisement
3    covers an area with multiple airports with different
4    charges, a range of amounts of customer facility charges if
5    the advertisement is intended for rentals at an airport
6    imposing the charge.
7        (3) Clearly and conspicuously disclose the existence
8    and amount of the charge in any telephonic, in-person, or
9    computer-transmitted quotation from the rental car
10    company's proprietary computer reservation system at the
11    time of making an initial quotation of a rental rate if the
12    quotation is made by a rental car company location at an
13    airport imposing the charge and at the time of making a
14    reservation of a rental car if the reservation is made by a
15    rental car company location at an airport imposing the
16    charge.
17        (4) Clearly and conspicuously display the charge in any
18    proprietary computer-assisted reservation or transaction
19    directly between the rental car company and the customer,
20    shown or referenced on the same page on the computer screen
21    viewed by the customer as the displayed rental rate and in
22    a print size not smaller than the print size of the rental
23    rate.
24        (5) Clearly and conspicuously disclose and separately
25    identify the existence and amount of the charge on its
26    rental agreement.

 

 

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1        (6) A rental car company that collects from its
2    customers a customer facility charge under subsection (j)
3    and engages in a practice which does not comply with
4    subsections (f), (j), and (k) commits an unlawful practice
5    within the meaning of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive
6    Business Practices Act.
7    (l) Notwithstanding subsection (f), any person who rents a
8motor vehicle to another may, in connection with the rental of
9a motor vehicle to (i) a business renter or (ii) a business
10program sponsor under the sponsor's business program, do the
11following:
12        (1) separately quote, by telephone, in person, or by
13    computer transmission, additional charges for the rental;
14    and
15        (2) separately impose additional charges for the
16    rental.
17    (l-5) A person licensed under Section 5-101, 5-101.2, or
185-102 of this Code shall not participate in a rental-purchase
19agreement vehicle program unless the licensee retains the
20vehicle in his or her name and retains proof of proper vehicle
21registration under Chapter 3 of this Code and liability
22insurance under Section 7-601 of this Code. The licensee shall
23transfer ownership of the vehicle to the renter within 20
24calendar days of the agreed-upon date of completion of the
25rental-purchase agreement. If the licensee fails to transfer
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1days, then the renter may apply for the vehicle's title to the
2Secretary of State by providing the Secretary the
3rental-purchase agreement, an application for title, the
4required title fee, and any other documentation the Secretary
5deems necessary to determine ownership of the vehicle. For
6purposes of this subsection (l-5), "rental-purchase agreement"
7has the meaning set forth in Section 1 of the Rental-Purchase
8Agreement Act.
9    (m) As used in this Section:
10        (1) "Additional charges" means charges other than: (i)
11    a per period base rental rate; (ii) a mileage charge; (iii)
12    taxes; or (iv) a customer facility charge.
13        (2) "Business program" means:
14            (A) a contract between a person who rents motor
15        vehicles and a business program sponsor that
16        establishes rental rates at which the person will rent
17        motor vehicles to persons authorized by the sponsor; or
18            (B) a plan, program, or other arrangement
19        established by a person who rents motor vehicles at the
20        request of, or with the consent of, a business program
21        sponsor under which the person offers to rent motor
22        vehicles to persons authorized by the sponsor on terms
23        that are not the same as those generally offered by the
24        rental company to the public.
25        (3) "Business program sponsor" means any legal entity
26    other than a natural person, including a corporation,

 

 

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1    limited liability company, partnership, government,
2    municipality or agency, or a natural person operating a
3    business as a sole proprietor.
4        (4) "Business renter" means any person renting a motor
5    vehicle for business purposes or, for any business program
6    sponsor, a person who is authorized by the sponsor to enter
7    into a rental contract under the sponsor's business
8    program. "Business renter" does not include a person
9    renting as:
10            (A) a non-employee member of a not-for-profit
11        organization;
12            (B) the purchaser of a voucher or other prepaid
13        rental arrangement from a person, including a tour
14        operator, engaged in the business of reselling those
15        vouchers or prepaid rental arrangements to the general
16        public;
17            (C) an individual whose car rental is eligible for
18        reimbursement in whole or in part as a result of the
19        person being insured or provided coverage under a
20        policy of insurance issued by an insurance company; or
21            (D) an individual whose car rental is eligible for
22        reimbursement in whole or in part as a result of the
23        person purchasing motor vehicle repair services from a
24        person licensed to perform those services.
25(Source: P.A. 100-450, eff. 1-1-18.)".