BILL REQ. #:  H-0661.2 

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 included, 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 primary advertised rate must reflect the actual amount a consumer will pay when claiming his or her vehicle from the parking facility. The advertised rate must clearly include all charges, fees, and taxes as its primary rate, for daily, hourly, and monthly parking charges. When a vehicle is parked in a parking facility for any time over one day, one week, or one month, the parking facility must post whether the facility charges the overage by the hour or by the day along with the applicable rate.
     (2) A public or private airport parking facility must post all rates and any discounts or coupons in effect at the entrance of the parking facility and must honor those applicable parking rates, discounts, or coupons when a vehicle is checked in for parking at the facility. All parking discounts and coupons must be the same between all advertising media utilized by the parking facility. Any expiration dates on parking discounts or coupons being advertised must be in the same size font as the largest font on the discount or coupon, printed media, or web site and must be in bold face type.
     (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.