Sec. 42-450. Definitions. Delivery of rental truck or alternative. Damages.
Sec. 42-450. Definitions. Delivery of rental truck or alternative. Damages. (a)
For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Rental truck" means a motor vehicle rented without a driver that has a gross
vehicle weight rating of twenty-six thousand pounds or less and is used in the transportation of personal property but not for business purposes.
(2) "Rental company" means any business entity that is engaged in the business of
renting trucks or vans without a driver in this state to renters and that uses for rental
purposes a motor vehicle fleet of five or more rental trucks in this state, but does not
mean any person, firm or corporation that is licensed, or required to be licensed, pursuant
to section 14-52, (A) as a new car dealer, repairer or limited repairer, or (B) as a used car
dealer that is not primarily engaged in the business of renting passenger motor vehicles or
rental trucks without a driver in this state to renters.
(3) "Financial instrument" includes, but is not limited to, a check, money order,
note, credit card, debit card or transaction authorization mechanism.
(b) A rental company that accepts a reservation for a rental truck and secures the
reservation with a financial instrument shall deliver the rental truck at the time and
location specified by the rental company at the time the reservation is made or provide
an alternative rental truck comparable to the rental truck reserved by the customer.
(c) In the event a rental company violates any provision of this section, such rental
company shall be subject to damages in favor of the customer in an amount up to two
times the daily rental rate agreed to between the customer and the rental company for
the rental truck.
(P.A. 03-245, S. 1.)