AI-assisted research summary: An airport operator may choose to collect certain airport-use charges from tenant auto rental customers as a separate line-item charge, but if it does so, it cannot use other collection methods for those charges.
§605.1. Tenant auto rental companies A.(1) In exercising its powers in charging rentals, fees, or other charges for use of airport facilities to tenant auto rental companies, where such charges are based on a percentage of gross revenues, an airport operator may, at its option, direct that these charges shall be collected from the customers of tenant auto rental companies as a separate line-item charge paid to the tenant auto rental companies as collection agent for an airport operator. (2) If an airport operator exercises the option provided in this Section to collect the rentals, fees, and other charges from the customers of tenant auto rental companies, then the airport operator shall not be authorized to use other methods to collect these charges from tenant auto rental companies or the customers thereof. (3) The provisions of this Section shall apply only to airports located within United States Congressional Districts 4 and 5. B. As used in Subsection A of this Section, the following phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them: (1) "Gross revenues" means the total of time and mileage charges resulting from the rental of automobiles and additional sums customarily paid by the rental car customers that are taxable on the automobile rental contract. (2) "Tenant auto rental company" means an auto rental company having a concession agreement and lease to operate in an airport operator's airport facility. Acts 1997, No. 803, §1, eff. July 10, 1997.