Assembly Bill No. 247–Assemblywoman Chowning

February 16, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Revises certain provisions governing fees charged by short-term lessor of passenger car. (BDR 43-188)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to passenger cars; increasing the fee a short-term lessor of a passenger car may charge for a waiver of damages; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. NRS 482.31565 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 482.31565 1. A short-term lessor shall not require the purchase of a

1-3 waiver of damages, optional insurance or any other optional good or

1-4 service as a condition for the lease of a passenger car.

1-5 2. A short-term lessor may sell a waiver of damages but shall not

1-6 charge more than [$10] $20 per full or partial 24-hour rental period for the

1-7 waiver.

1-8 3. A short-term lessor who disseminates an advertisement in the State

1-9 of Nevada that contains a rate for the lease of a passenger car shall include

1-10 in the advertisement a clearly readable statement of the charge for a waiver

1-11 of damages and a statement that the waiver is optional.

1-12 4. A short-term lessor shall not engage in any unfair, deceptive or

1-13 coercive conduct to induce a short-term lessee to purchase a waiver of

1-14 damages, optional insurance or any other optional good or service,

1-15 including, but not limited to, refusing to honor the lessee’s reservation,

1-16 limiting the availability of cars, requiring a deposit or debiting or blocking

2-1 the lessee’s credit card account for a sum equivalent to a deposit if the

2-2 lessee declines to purchase a waiver, optional insurance or any other

2-3 optional good or service.

2-4 Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.

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