Read first time 01/29/13.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to public and private airport parking facilities; adding a new section to chapter 47.68 RCW; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The legislature finds that transparency in parking rates that support airport parking is critical for parking consumers to understand what the airport parking rates are and what the total parking charge will be, with all taxes and fees clearly identified, when returning to claim their vehicle.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 47.68 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) A public or private airport parking facility's parking rates must be assessed based on a twenty-four hour day. Any parking charges assessed that exceed one or more days, yet are less than another twenty-four hour period, may be assessed on an hourly basis up to the amount normally assessed for a twenty-four hour period. In addition, for stays less than twenty-four hours, an hourly rate may be assessed up to the amount assessed for a twenty-four hour period.
     (2) The maximum standard parking rate for a public or private airport parking facility and all taxes, fees, and surcharges must be identified and posted at the entrance to the parking facility, or at another prominent location at the parking facility, and on the parking facility's web site.
     (3) A public or private airport parking facility must use due diligence in ensuring that total transparency is achieved when communicating to a parking consumer what the total parking charge will be when the person claims his or her vehicle from the parking facility.