KRS 281.687: Vehicle license cost recovery fee charged by motor vehicle renting

company.

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Motor vehicle renting company" means a holder of a certificate as required

under KRS 281.630 to operate as a U -Drive-It, which regularly en gages in

renting or leasing motor vehicles to customers for less than a sixty (60) day

term as part of an established business;

(b) "Vehicle license costs" means the costs incurred by a motor vehicle renting

company for licensing, titling, registration, pr operty tax, plating, and

inspecting rental motor vehicles; and

(c) "Vehicle license cost recovery fee" means a charge on a vehicle rental

transaction originating within the Commonwealth that is separately stated on

the rental agreement to recover vehicle license costs.

(2) (a) If a motor vehicle renting company includes a vehicle license cost recovery

fee as a separately stated charge in a rental transaction, the amount of the fee

shall represent the company's good -faith estimate of the motor vehicle rental

company's daily charge to recover its actual total annual vehicle license costs.

(b) If the total amount of the vehicle license cost recovery fees collected by a

motor vehicle renting company under this section in any calendar year exceeds

the company's actual vehicle license costs, the motor vehicle renting company

shall:

1. Retain the excess amount; and

2. Adjust the vehicle cost recovery fee for the following calendar year by a

corresponding amount.

(3) Nothing in this section shall prevent a motor vehi cle renting company from

including, or making adjustments during the calendar year to, separately stated

surcharges, fees, or charges in the rental agreement, which may include but are not

limited to vehicle license cost recovery fees, airport access fees, airport concession

fees, consolidated facility charges, and all applicable taxes.