Local agencies: airports: alternative customer facility charges.

Assembly Member Schultz's proposal to modify airport rental car facility charges would allow airports to increase the maximum daily fee from $9 to $12 starting January 2026, while expanding permissible uses of these funds to include major maintenance costs for consolidated rental facilities.

The legislation revises how airports can utilize customer facility charges and bond proceeds collected from rental car companies. Under the changes, airports could apply these funds toward maintenance of consolidated rental facilities but would no longer be authorized to use them for terminal modifications. The bill maintains existing requirements that the total charges collected cannot exceed reasonable costs, as verified through independent audits. Rental companies would be prohibited from collecting these fees from any customer for more than five days per rental contract.

Airports implementing these charges must adhere to specific transparency measures, including posting annual reports detailing fee collection totals and expenditures on their websites. The legislation requires initial independent audits before fee collection begins, with updates prior to any rate increases and ongoing audits every three years for airports operating common-use transportation systems. These audit reports must remain publicly accessible on airport websites for six years.