(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a lessor may visibly pass on to a lessee:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 437D-8.4

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437D-3
  • Lessee: means any person obtaining the use of a rental motor vehicle from a lessor for a period of six months or less under the terms of a rental agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437D-3
  • Lessor: means any person in the business of providing rental motor vehicles to the public. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437D-3
  • vehicle: means a motor vehicle as defined in § 286-2, which is rented or leased or offered for rent or lease in this State, whether for personal or commercial use, for a period of six months or less. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437D-3
  • Vehicle license recovery fees: includes motor vehicle weight taxes under § 249-2; fees connected with the registration of specially constructed, reconstructed, or rebuilt vehicles, special interest vehicles, or imported vehicles as referenced in section 286-41(c); license plate and emblem fees under section 249-7(b); inspection fees as referenced in § 286-26; highway beautification fees as referenced in section 286-51(b)(1); and any use tax under chapter 238. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 437D-3
(1) The general excise tax attributable to the transaction;
(2) The vehicle license recovery fees, prorated at 1/292nd of the annual vehicle license recovery fees actually paid on the particular vehicle being rented for each full or partial twenty-four-hour rental day that the vehicle is rented; provided the total of all vehicle license recovery fees charged to all lessees shall not exceed the annual vehicle license recovery fees actually paid for the particular vehicle rented;
(3) The surcharge taxes imposed in chapter 251 attributable to the transaction;
(4) The county surcharge on state tax under section 46-16.8; provided that the lessor itemizes the tax for the lessee; and
(5) The rents or fees paid to the department of transportation under concession contracts negotiated pursuant to chapter 102, service permits granted pursuant to title 19, Hawaii Administrative Rules, or rental motor vehicle customer facility charges established pursuant to § 261-7; provided that:

(A) The rents or fees are limited to amounts that can be attributed to the proceeds of the particular transaction;
(B) The rents or fees shall not exceed the lessor’s net payments to the department of transportation made under concession contract or service permit;
(C) The lessor submits to the department of transportation and the department of commerce and consumer affairs a statement, verified by a certified public accountant as correct, that reports the amounts of the rents or fees paid to the department of transportation pursuant to the applicable concession contract or service permit:

(i) For all airport locations; and
(ii) For each airport location;
(D) The lessor submits to the department of transportation and the department of commerce and consumer affairs a statement, verified by a certified public accountant as correct, that reports the amounts charged to lessees:

(i) For all airport locations;
(ii) For each airport location; and
(iii) For each lessee;
(E) The lessor includes in these reports the methodology used to determine the amount of fees charged to each lessee; and
(F) The lessor submits the above information to the department of transportation and the department of commerce and consumer affairs within three months of the end of the preceding annual accounting period or contract year as determined by the applicable concession agreement or service permit.

The respective departments, in their sole discretion, may extend the time to submit the statement required in this subsection. If the director determines that an examination of the lessor’s information is inappropriate under this subsection and the lessor fails to correct the matter within ninety days, the director may conduct an examination and charge a lessor an examination fee based upon the cost per hour per examiner for evaluating, investigating, and verifying compliance with this subsection, as well as additional amounts for travel, per diem, mileage, and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the examination, which shall relate solely to the requirements of this subsection, and which shall be billed by the departments as soon as feasible after the close of the examination. The cost per hour shall be $40 or as may be established by rules adopted by the director. The lessor shall pay the amounts billed within thirty days following the billing. All moneys collected by the director shall be credited to the compliance resolution fund.

(b) A representation by the lessor to the lessee which states that the visible pass on of the charges in this section is mandatory or that it is a government assessment upon the consumer shall be a per se violation of section 480-2.

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