ID H0574

Car rental companies may include separately stated surcharges in rental agreements, including vehicle license cost recovery fees, airport access fees, airport concession fees, and applicable taxes.

Vehicle license cost recovery fees must represent the car rental company's good-faith estimate of its daily charge to recover actual total annual costs for motor vehicle licensing, titling, registration, plating, and inspection.

If collected vehicle license cost recovery fees exceed a car rental company's actual annual costs in any calendar year, the company retains the excess and adjusts the estimated per-vehicle charge downward for the following year by a corresponding amount.

"Vehicle license cost recovery fee" is defined as a separately stated charge on rental contracts for vehicle rentals originating in Idaho to recover licensing, titling, registration, plating, and inspection costs.