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<section number="20-152.01" name="Certificate Holder Association or Company Fees and Charges" law="code" slug="sec-20-152.01" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_20TA_DIV6CERETA_S20-152.01CEHOASCOFECH">
  <level label="a">
    <text>By December 31 of each year, each Certificate Holder, Association or Company shall provide the Director with a complete listing of all costs, charges, fees or assessments imposed on any driver and a sample of any lease, sublease or other agreement utilized with a driver.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A Certificate Holder, Association or Company shall not impose on a driver or licensee a charge of one percent (1%) over a bank fee, a merchant service fee, or an equipment provider fee on any credit card transaction by the driver or licensee.</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A Certificate Holder, Association or Company may not require a driver or licensee to use a specific system for processing credit card transactions.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>No additional fees or surcharges shall be imposed on a driver or licensee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>All costs, charges, fees or assessments in this subsection, shall be subject to a cap as of the effective date of this Act.</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each year, any increase in the sum of all costs, charges, fees or assessments shall not exceed the product of multiplying:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>The sum of all costs, charges, fees or assessments charged by a Certificate Holder, Association or Company as of December 31 st annually; and,</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>The average percentage growth in the Consumer Price Index over the preceding twelve (12) months.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>Rates shall remain in effect until December 31 st each year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If there is a decline or no growth in the Consumer Price Index, the fees and associated costs shall remain unchanged.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any increase in the total costs, charges and fees of this subsection may not be greater than 5% of the total costs effective in the previous year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any proposed increases above the Consumer Price Index of any lease, sublease or affiliation agreement, including any charges that a licensee may charge a driver, must be proposed by the County Executive by resolution for approval by the County Council.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Each violation of the cap set by this Section, shall be subject to the penalty clause set forth in Section 20-164.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
