Prohibits owner or operator of parking facility from preventing customer from leaving due to malfunction of parking facility payment process.
Impact
The bill modifies existing laws to limit the detention of customers at parking facilities experiencing payment processing failures. Its primary goal is to prevent inconveniences and disputes that arise when customers are unable to pay due to technical issues. Should a facility fail to comply with these provisions, applicable penalties would be enforced under the consumer fraud act, enhancing accountability among parking facility operators.
Summary
Bill A2046 aims to enhance consumer protections at parking facilities by preventing owners or operators from detaining customers due to failures in payment processing systems. The bill establishes that if a malfunction occurs, the facility can delay a customer for a maximum of 10 minutes to rectify the issue. If the problem persists beyond this time frame, operators must accept alternative payment methods, including cash or card, ensuring customers can leave the facility without undue delay.
Contention
Points of contention surrounding Bill A2046 may include discussions on the balance between operational efficiency for parking facility operators and the rights of consumers. Potential opposition could arise from businesses concerned about the implications of being forced to allow immediate exit despite ongoing payment system issues. Supporters may argue that the bill fosters customer trust and ensures fair treatment in potentially frustrating situations.
Relating to the licensing and regulation of tow truck companies, tow truck operators, vehicle storage facilities, and vehicle storage facility employees, the regulation of parking facilities and parking facility owners, and the elimination of required state licensing for vehicle booting companies and operators.
Prohibits towing companies from requiring owners of stolen motor vehicles to pay fee to release vehicles from storage facilities under certain circumstances.
Prohibits towing companies from requiring owners of stolen motor vehicles to pay fee to release vehicles from storage facilities under certain circumstances.
Prohibits towing companies from requiring owners of stolen motor vehicles to pay fee to release vehicles from storage facilities under certain circumstances.
Occupations: vehicles, dealers, and repair facilities; owner of a motor vehicle repair facility to operate an additional facility under the same registration; allow. Amends secs. 2, 13b, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 30, 32, 32a & 33 of 1974 PA 300 (MCL 257.1302 et seq.).
Requires retailers of glucose monitors to provide a free, point of sale replacement for any broken or defective monitor within twenty-four (24) hours of the request.
Contracts; Grocery Store Checkout Station Act; self-service checkout stations; traditional checkout stations; Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry; severability; effective date.