The rental companies contend that the car rental fee does not benefit its customers, as the revenue generated from the fee will fund a parking structure at the Chula Vista Bayfront development project, which is 10 miles from the airport.
The revenue generated from the fee will be allocated to the Municipal Police Training Committee for police training throughout the state.
The fee is expected to raise around $10 million a year for the newly created Municipal Police Training Fund.
The revenue would go to fund police training throughout the state.
A settlement agreement resolves an investigation by Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office regarding Avis, Budget, and Payless’ practices involving add-on fees for cashless tolls in Florida and other related add-on charges.
Starting Oct. 1, Oregon’s Redmond Airport will add a $3 daily charge to every car rented at the airport. The funds will be put toward the construction of a new airport car rental facility.
Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport has added a customer facility charge for rental car customers. This fee will help build a new rental car facility.
North Carolina’s New Bern Airport is considering charging car rental customers a new fee to help pay for improvements at the airport.
Sioux Falls City Council passed the first reading of a proposed $3 per day rental car tax in the city. The money from the tax would help fund the development of a city business park.
