REFERENCE TITLE: car rental surcharge determination; liability

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016

HB 2150

Introduced by Representative Fann

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 12, chapter 6, article 12, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 12‑720; Relating to civil liability.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 12, chapter 6, article 12, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 12-720, to read:

START_STATUTE12-720.  Car rental surcharge determination; no liability for refund or damages

If a court of competent jurisdiction makes a final determination that the car rental surcharge that is collected by the department of revenue pursuant to section 5‑839 is unconstitutional, a car rental company that collected the surcharge from a car rental customer is not liable in any civil action for a refund of the monies that were collected by the rental car company before the law was declared unconstitutional or for any damages that are a direct result of the final determination that the surcharge is unconstitutional. END_STATUTE