Rep. Lou Lang

Filed: 5/23/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 861

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 861 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Sections 6-305 and 6-305.3 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/6-305)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-305)
7    Sec. 6-305. Renting motor vehicle to another.
8    (a) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any other
9person unless the latter person, or a driver designated by a
10nondriver with disabilities and meeting any minimum age and
11driver's record requirements that are uniformly applied by the
12person renting a motor vehicle, is then duly licensed hereunder
13or, in the case of a nonresident, then duly licensed under the
14laws of the State or country of his residence unless the State
15or country of his residence does not require that a driver be
16licensed.

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1rental rate, taxes, and mileage charge, and airport concession
2charge, if any, such person may charge for an item or service
3provided in connection with a particular rental transaction if
4the renter can avoid incurring the charge by choosing not to
5obtain or utilize the optional item or service. Items and
6services for which such person may impose an additional charge
7include, but are not limited to, optional insurance and
8accessories requested by the renter, service charges incident
9to the renter's optional return of the vehicle to a location
10other than the location where the vehicle was hired or leased,
11and charges for refueling the vehicle at the conclusion of the
12rental transaction in the event the renter did not return the
13vehicle with as much fuel as was in the fuel tank at the
14beginning of the rental. "Airport concession charge" means a
15charge or fee imposed and collected from a renter to reimburse
16the motor vehicle rental company for the concession fee it is
17required to pay to a local government corporate authority or
18airport authority to rent motor vehicles at the airport
19facility. The airport concession charge is in addition to any
20customer facility charge or any other charge.
21    (g) Every person renting a motor vehicle to another shall
22keep a record of the registration number of the motor vehicle
23so rented, the name and address of the person to whom the
24vehicle is rented, the number of the license, if any, of said
25latter person, and the date and place when and where the
26license, if any, was issued. Such record shall be open to

 

 

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1inspection by any police officer or designated agent of the
2Secretary of State.
3    (h) A person licensed as a new car dealer under Section
45-101 of this Code shall not be subject to the provisions of
5this Section regarding the rental of private passenger motor
6vehicles when providing, free of charge, temporary substitute
7vehicles for customers to operate during a period when a
8customer's vehicle, which is either leased or owned by that
9customer, is being repaired, serviced, replaced or otherwise
10made unavailable to the customer in accordance with an
11agreement with the licensed new car dealer or vehicle
12manufacturer, so long as the customer orally or in writing is
13made aware that the temporary substitute vehicle will be
14covered by his or her insurance policy and the customer shall
15only be liable to the extent of any amount deductible from such
16insurance coverage in accordance with the terms of the policy.
17    (i) This Section, except the requirements of subsection
18(g), also applies to rental agreements of 30 continuous days or
19less involving a motor vehicle that was delivered by an out of
20State person or business to a renter in this State.
21    (j) A public airport may, if approved by its local
22government corporate authorities or its airport authority,
23impose a customer facility charge upon customers of rental car
24companies for the purposes of financing, designing,
25constructing, operating, and maintaining consolidated car
26rental facilities and common use transportation equipment and

 

 

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1facilities, which are used to transport the customer,
2connecting consolidated car rental facilities with other
3airport facilities.
4    Notwithstanding subsection (f) of this Section, the
5customer facility charge shall be collected by the rental car
6company as a separate charge, and clearly indicated as a
7separate charge on the rental agreement and invoice. Facility
8charges shall be immediately deposited into a trust account for
9the benefit of the airport and remitted at the direction of the
10airport, but not more often than once per month. The charge
11shall be uniformly calculated on a per-contract or per-day
12basis. Facility charges imposed by the airport may not exceed
13the reasonable costs of financing, designing, constructing,
14operating, and maintaining the consolidated car rental
15facilities and common use transportation equipment and
16facilities and may not be used for any other purpose.
17    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the charges
18collected under this Section are not subject to retailer
19occupation, sales, use, or transaction taxes.
20    (k) When a rental car company states a rental rate in any
21of its rate advertisements, its proprietary computer
22reservation systems, or its in-person quotations intended to
23apply to an airport rental, a company that collects from its
24customers a customer facility charge for that rental under
25subsection (j) shall do all of the following:
26        (1) Clearly and conspicuously disclose in any radio,

 

 

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1    television, or other electronic media advertisements the
2    existence and amount of the charge if the advertisement is
3    intended for rentals at an airport imposing the charge or,
4    if the advertisement covers an area with multiple airports
5    with different charges, a range of amounts of customer
6    facility charges if the advertisement is intended for
7    rentals at an airport imposing the charge.
8        (2) Clearly and conspicuously disclose in any print
9    rate advertising the existence and amount of the charge if
10    the advertisement is intended for rentals at an airport
11    imposing the charge or, if the print rate advertisement
12    covers an area with multiple airports with different
13    charges, a range of amounts of customer facility charges if
14    the advertisement is intended for rentals at an airport
15    imposing the charge.
16        (3) Clearly and conspicuously disclose the existence
17    and amount of the charge in any telephonic, in-person, or
18    computer-transmitted quotation from the rental car
19    company's proprietary computer reservation system at the
20    time of making an initial quotation of a rental rate if the
21    quotation is made by a rental car company location at an
22    airport imposing the charge and at the time of making a
23    reservation of a rental car if the reservation is made by a
24    rental car company location at an airport imposing the
25    charge.
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1    proprietary computer-assisted reservation or transaction
2    directly between the rental car company and the customer,
3    shown or referenced on the same page on the computer screen
4    viewed by the customer as the displayed rental rate and in
5    a print size not smaller than the print size of the rental
6    rate.
7        (5) Clearly and conspicuously disclose and separately
8    identify the existence and amount of the charge on its
9    rental agreement.
10        (6) A rental car company that collects from its
11    customers a customer facility charge under subsection (j)
12    and engages in a practice which does not comply with
13    subsections (f), (j), and (k) commits an unlawful practice
14    within the meaning of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive
15    Business Practices Act.
16    (l) Notwithstanding subsection (f), any person who rents a
17motor vehicle to another may, in connection with the rental of
18a motor vehicle to (i) a business renter or (ii) a business
19program sponsor under the sponsor's business program, do the
20following:
21        (1) separately quote, by telephone, in person, or by
22    computer transmission, additional charges for the rental;
23    and
24        (2) separately impose additional charges for the
25    rental.
26    (m) As used in this Section:

 

 

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1        (1) "Additional charges" means charges other than: (i)
2    a per period base rental rate; (ii) a mileage charge; (iii)
3    taxes; or (iv) a customer facility charge.
4        (2) "Business program" means:
5            (A) a contract between a person who rents motor
6        vehicles and a business program sponsor that
7        establishes rental rates at which the person will rent
8        motor vehicles to persons authorized by the sponsor; or
9            (B) a plan, program, or other arrangement
10        established by a person who rents motor vehicles at the
11        request of, or with the consent of, a business program
12        sponsor under which the person offers to rent motor
13        vehicles to persons authorized by the sponsor on terms
14        that are not the same as those generally offered by the
15        rental company to the public.
16        (3) "Business program sponsor" means any legal entity
17    other than a natural person, including a corporation,
18    limited liability company, partnership, government,
19    municipality or agency, or a natural person operating a
20    business as a sole proprietor.
21        (4) "Business renter" means any person renting a motor
22    vehicle for business purposes or, for any business program
23    sponsor, a person who is authorized by the sponsor to enter
24    into a rental contract under the sponsor's business
25    program. "Business renter" does not include a person
26    renting as:

 

 

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1            (A) a non-employee member of a not-for-profit
2        organization;
3            (B) the purchaser of a voucher or other prepaid
4        rental arrangement from a person, including a tour
5        operator, engaged in the business of reselling those
6        vouchers or prepaid rental arrangements to the general
7        public;
8            (C) an individual whose car rental is eligible for
9        reimbursement in whole or in part as a result of the
10        person being insured or provided coverage under a
11        policy of insurance issued by an insurance company; or
12            (D) an individual whose car rental is eligible for
13        reimbursement in whole or in part as a result of the
14        person purchasing motor vehicle repair services from a
15        person licensed to perform those services.
16(Source: P.A. 94-717, eff. 12-19-05; 95-770, eff. 1-1-09.)
 
17    (625 ILCS 5/6-305.3)
18    Sec. 6-305.3. Vehicle license cost recovery fee.
19    (a) As used in this Section:
20    "Motor vehicle Automobile rental company" means a person or
21entity whose primary business is renting motor private
22passenger vehicles to the public for 30 days or less.
23    "Inspect" or "inspection" means a vehicle emissions
24inspection under Chapter 13C of this Code.
25    "Rental agreement" means an agreement for 30 days or less

 

 

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1setting forth the terms and conditions governing the use of a
2motor private passenger vehicle provided by a rental company.
3    "Motor vehicle" means motor passenger vehicles of the first
4division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not
5more than 8,000 pounds.
6    "Vehicle license cost recovery fee" or "VLCRF" means a
7charge that may be separately stated and charged on a rental
8agreement in a vehicle rental transaction originating in
9Illinois to recover costs incurred either directly or
10indirectly by a motor vehicle an automobile rental company to
11license, title, register, and inspect motor vehicles.
12    (b) Motor vehicle Automobile rental companies may include a
13separately stated mandatory surcharge or fee in a rental
14agreement for vehicle license cost recovery fees (VLCRF) and
15all applicable taxes.
16    (c) If a motor vehicle an automobile rental company
17includes a VLCRF as separately stated charge in a rental
18agreement, the amount of the fee must represent the motor
19vehicle automobile rental company's good-faith estimate of the
20automobile rental company's daily charge as calculated by the
21motor vehicle automobile rental company to recover its actual
22total annual motor vehicle titling, registration, and
23inspection costs.
24    (d) If the total amount of the VLCRF collected by a motor
25vehicle automobile rental company under this Section in any
26calendar year exceeds the motor vehicle automobile rental

 

 

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1company's actual costs to license, title, register, and inspect
2for that calendar year, the motor vehicle automobile rental
3company shall do both of the following:
4        (1) Retain the excess amount; and
5        (2) Adjust the estimated average per vehicle titling,
6    licensing, inspection, and registration charge for the
7    following calendar year by a corresponding amount.
8    (e) Nothing in subsection (d) of this Section shall prevent
9a motor vehicle automobile rental company from making
10adjustments to the VLCRF during the calendar year.
11(Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.".