Oklahoma 2024 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB354 Amended / Bill

Filed 04/04/2023

                     
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION 
 
STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) 
 
ENGROSSED SENATE 
BILL NO. 354 	By: Haste of the Senate 
 
  and 
 
  Stinson of the House 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to motor vehicles; requiring motor 
vehicle rental companies to provide good-faith 
estimates to customers prior to rent ing motor 
vehicles; including information necessary for the 
good-faith estimate to provide; defining terms; 
providing for codification; and providing an 
effective date. 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 8-105 of Title 47, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  If a motor vehicle rental company imposes ad ditional 
mandatory charges, the rental company shall: 
1.  Provide a good-faith estimate of the total charges for t he 
entire rental, including all additional mandatory charges, whenever 
a quote is provided to a poten tial customer.  The good-faith 
estimate may exclude mileage charge s and charges for opti onal items   
 
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that cannot be determined prior to completing a rental reservation 
based on the information provided by the potential customer ; and 
2.  Disclose in the renta l contract provided to the renter the 
total charges for the entire rental, including all additional 
mandatory charges.  Total charges for the entire rental do not 
include any charges that cannot be determined at the time the rental 
commences. 
B.  As used in this section: 
1. “Additional mandatory charge” means any separately stated 
charges that a motor vehicle rental company requires a renter to pay 
that specifically relate to the operation of a rental vehicle.  
Additional mandatory charge includes, but is not limited to, a 
customer facility charge, airport concession recovery fee, road 
safety program fee, vehicle license recovery fee, or any government 
imposed taxes or fees; 
2.  “Motor vehicle” means the same as set forth in Section 562 
of Title 47 of the O klahoma Statutes; 
3. “Motor vehicle rental agreement ” means an agreement for the 
rental of a motor vehicle for transportation purposes, for a period 
no more than ninety (90) days, in return for a fee that is 
calculated on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis ; 
4.  “Motor vehicle rental company” means an entity that is in 
the business of renting, pursuant to motor vehicle rental 
agreements;   
 
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5.  “Quote” means an estimated cost of rental provided by a 
motor vehicle rental company to a potential customer based on 
information provided by the customer, including potential dates of 
rental, location, or class of vehicle; and 
6.  “Vehicle license recovery fee ” means a charge to recover 
costs incurred by a motor vehicle rental company to license, title, 
register, plate, or inspect a rental vehicle. 
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. 
 
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, dated 04/04/2023 - 
DO PASS.