§ 6-49. User fee on certain rental car transactions.

(a)

Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1)

Customer. A person who rents a passenger vehicle from an on-airport rental car agency or a person who rents a passenger vehicle from an off-airport rental car agency and accesses Kansas City International Airport.

(2)

Customer facility charge. That portion of the user fee imposed herein for constructing, equipping, financing, and maintaining the facility; funding city's facility costs; payment of debt service on any revenue bonds issued for the project; and any other expenses related to debt service requirements.

(3)

Facility. The consolidated rental car facility at Kansas City International Airport, not including any consolidated customer transportation system or service.

(4)

Off-airport rental car agency. Business entity which accesses Kansas City International Airport, either directly or indirectly, for the purpose of supplying rental car services to persons using Kansas City International Airport.

(5)

On-airport rental car agency. Business entity which provides rental car services from a facility on Kansas City International Airport.

(6)

Passenger vehicles. Motor vehicles designed primarily for the carriage of passengers, including but not limited to, vehicles commonly classified as sedans, coupes, convertibles, station wagons, sport utility vehicles, passenger vans, Suburban-type vehicles or pick-up trucks.

(7)

Project. The consolidated rental car facility and an interim and a consolidated customer transportation system or service at Kansas City International Airport.

(8)

Rental car agency. On-airport rental car agency and off-airport rental car agency.

(9)

Transportation facility charge. That portion of the user fee imposed herein for payment of the reasonably expected expenses of the transportation system or service segment of the project.

(b)

Establishment of user fees. Pursuant to RSMo § 305.210, Section 27 of Article VI of the Missouri Constitution, and the Charter of Kansas City, the following user fees are hereby imposed:

(1)

Initial user fee. A user fee of $3.00 per rental day upon the rental of a passenger vehicle by a rental car agency customer is imposed for the period from January 1, 2001, until December 31, 2001, for the purpose of paying a portion of the cost of constructing, equipping and financing the project and for the payment of debt service on the revenue bonds issued for the project.

(2)

Subsequent user fee. A subsequent user fee per rental day upon the rental of a passenger vehicle is hereby imposed in an amount determined by the director of aviation as follows:

(a)

For each one year period beginning January 1, 2002, on on-airport rental car agency customers using KCI, the customer facility charge.

(b)

Beginning on the date a transportation system or service is operational, on rental car agency customers using the transportation system or service, the transportation facility charge.

(3)

The director of aviation is authorized to increase the initial or subsequent user fee to provide funds to pay costs associated with the transportation system or service that was not included in calculating the initial user fee.

(c)

Collection of fee. Each rental car agency must collect and remit the user fee to the director of aviation in accordance with the rules established by the director. All user fees will be deposited by the city in the Kansas City Airports Fund.

(Ord. No. 001518, § 1, 11-6-00; Ord. No. 051179, § 1, 9-29-05; Ord. No. 070672, § 1, 6-21-07)