§ 8A-1.2. Public Notices to be Provided at Car Rental Facilities.

(a)

Definitions.

(1)

Rental Car Facility shall mean any physical location where cars, trucks, automobiles, motorcycles, or other vehicles suitable for travel on public highways are rented or leased to members of the public, if such Facility has three or more such vehicles customarily available for rent or lease.

(2)

Toll Fees shall mean any surcharge, levy, extraction, tariff, or other monetary obligation imposed by a car rental company on any customer of a rental car facility for (i) use of any Sunpass equipment provided with any rental vehicle, (ii) any administrative costs of processing tolls through such equipment, and (iii) all administrative costs associated with the car rental company's payment of toll charges or toll violations that are registered directly to the vehicle by way of photographic license plate imaging or other process. For the purposes of the Section, a fee shall not be construed to mean toll payments made through any such Sunpass equipment or toll charges or toll violations that are registered directly to the vehicle.

(b)

Posting of Toll Fees and Policy.

(1)

If the owner or operator of a Rental Car Facility imposes Toll Fees on customers renting cars, notice of all such fees, including identification of the amount, must be provided at such Rental Car Facility.

(2)

If the owner or operator of a Rental Car Facility requires the customer to pay or reimburse the car rental company for any toll charges or toll violations, otherwise incurred by the customer during the use of the vehicle, that are registered directly to the vehicle by way of photographic license plate imaging or other process, notice of such policy must be provided at such Rental Car Facility.

(3)

This notice shall be posted conspicuously in the public area of the Rental Car Facility in such location as to provide notice to customers prior to their entering into any contract for the leasing or renting of any vehicle, and written in a legible manner in English, Spanish and Creole.

(c)

Provisions Cumulative. The provisions of this section shall be cumulative and in addition to and not in derogation of any and all other provisions or laws.

(d)

Applicability. The provisions of this ordinance shall apply throughout the incorporated and unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Florida.

(Ord. No. 11-89, § 1, 11-15-11; Ord. No. 16-36, § 1, 4-5-16)