Bill Text: NJ A4867 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Limits fees for using electronic toll transponders in rental cars.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-06-22 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee [A4867 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A4867-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4867

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED MAY 22, 2017

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  PAUL D. MORIARTY

District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblywoman  SHEILA Y. OLIVER

District 34 (Essex and Passaic)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Limits fees for using electronic toll transponders in rental cars.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee on June 12, 2017, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning rented motor vehicles and supplementing P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

      1.   a.   As used in this section:

     "Rental company" means a person engaged in the business of renting motor vehicles to the general public at retail, including renting vehicles on an hourly, daily, per trip, or other short-term basis.

     "Renter" means a person renting a motor vehicle from a rental company.

     b.    A rental company ¹which equips a vehicle with a transponder or other electronic tolling device and does not offer a renter the ability to opt-out of its use¹ shall not charge a renter a fee of more than $2 each day for the use of a transponder or other electronic tolling device, in addition to the actual cost incurred for any toll.  A rental company shall not charge a renter a daily fee ¹[if] on any day in which¹ the renter ¹: (1) does not drive through an electronic toll collection system, or (2) only¹ drives through an electronic toll collection system ¹[and] for which¹ no alternative payment option exists.

     c.     A rental company that ¹provides or¹ offers renters a motor vehicle equipped with a transponder or similar electronic tolling device ¹[provided by the rental company]¹ shall clearly and conspicuously include the applicable terms and conditions of its use in the rental agreement issued to the renter, and post any applicable terms and conditions in a conspicuous location on the business premises.

     d.    A violation of subsection b. of this section is an unlawful practice pursuant to P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.).

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately and shall be applicable to motor vehicle rental transactions occurring on or after the 30th day after the date of enactment.