Plain English Breakdown
The official source does not provide a specific effective date, though it notes the bill was chaptered in October 2025.
Changes to Airport Rental Car Facility Fees
This law raises the maximum daily fee airports can charge on rental cars from $9 to $12 and allows that money to be used for major maintenance instead of terminal changes.
What This Bill Does
- Increases the maximum alternative customer facility charge an airport can require rental companies to collect from $9 per day to $12 per day.
- Allows collected fees and bond proceeds to cover reasonable costs for major maintenance on consolidated rental vehicle facilities.
- Removes permission to use bond proceeds or fee revenues for terminal modifications.
- Requires that total charges collected do not exceed the cost of financing, designing, constructing, and performing major maintenance on these facilities.
Who It Names or Affects
- Airports in California
- Rental car companies operating at airports
Terms To Know
- Alternative customer facility charge
- A daily fee added to a rental car bill that helps pay for airport vehicle facilities.
- Consolidated rental vehicle facility
- A single building or area where multiple rental companies operate their counters and cars at an airport.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law does not state a specific effective date in the provided text.
- Airports must find that project costs require the additional revenue before charging the higher fee amount.
- Total fees collected cannot go beyond what is needed for construction, design, and major maintenance.