Senate Bill No. 118–Senator Shaffer

 

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

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

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

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

 waiver of damages, optional insurance or any other optional good or

 service as a condition for the lease of a passenger car.

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

 charge more than [$10] $15 per full or partial 24-hour rental period for the

 waiver.

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

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

 in the advertisement a clearly readable statement of the charge for a

 waiver of damages and a statement that the waiver is optional.

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

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

 damages, optional insurance or any other optional good or service,

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

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

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

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

 optional good or service.

   Sec. 2.  NRS 482.3158 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   482.3158  1.  The short-term lessor of a passenger car may impose an

 additional charge:

   (a) Based on reasonable age criteria established by the lessor.

   (b) For any item or a service provided if the short-term lessee could

 have avoided incurring the charge by choosing not to obtain or utilize the

 optional item or service.

   (c) For insurance and accessories requested by the lessee.

   (d) For service incident to the lessee’s optional return of the car to a

 location other than the location where the car was leased.

   (e) For refueling the car at the conclusion of the lease if the lessee did

 not return the car with as much fuel as was in the fuel tank at the

 beginning of the lease.

   (f) For any authorized driver in addition to the short-term lessee and

 one other authorized driver but shall not charge more than $5 per full or

 partial 24-hour period for such an additional authorized driver.

   2.  A short-term lessor shall not charge a short-term lessee, as a

 condition of leasing a passenger car, an additional fee for:

   (a) Any surcharges required for fuel.

   (b) Transporting the lessee to the location where the car will be

 delivered to the lessee.

   (c) [Any] One other authorized driver.

   3.  If a short-term lessor:

   (a) Delivers a passenger car to a short-term lessee at a location other

 than the location where the lessor normally carries on its business, the

 lessor shall not charge the lessee any amount for the period before the

 delivery of the car.

   (b) Takes possession of a passenger car from a short-term lessee at a

 location other than the location where the lessor normally carries on its

 business, the lessor shall not charge the lessee any amount for the period

 after the lessee notifies the lessor to take possession of the car.

   Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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