1. (a) There is established in the state treasury the rental motor vehicle customer facility charge special fund to be administered by the director, into which shall be deposited all proceeds from the rental motor vehicle customer facility charge.

2. (b) Moneys in the rental motor vehicle customer facility charge special fund shall be used for enhancement, renovation, operation, and maintenance of existing rental motor vehicle customer facilities and the development of new rental motor vehicle customer facilities and related services at state airports, including:

   1. (1) Acquisition and maintenance of property or property rights for rental motor vehicle purposes;
   2. (2) Acquisition of equipment for and operation of a unified shuttle bus system to and from passenger terminals and the rental motor vehicle customer facilities;
   3. (3) Consultant fees;
   4. (4) Management, operation, and maintenance fees for rental motor vehicle customer facilities; and

   5. (5) Conceptual plans, plans, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of, or allocable to, the approved rental motor vehicle customer facilities and related services.

      In planning the future needs and expenditures of these moneys, the director, or deputy designated by the director, shall, at least once a year, consult with lessors, as defined in section 437D-3, who are using or who in the future may use the facilities and services. No moneys shall be expended to plan, design, improve, enhance, acquire, or construct rental motor vehicle customer facilities, equipment, or services shared or to be shared by rental motor vehicle concessions at a state airport except as determined by the director; provided that the director shall not approve the expenditure of any moneys except for planning and design purposes to improve or construct rental motor vehicle customer facilities and related services located at an airport until a concession bid for rental motor vehicle concessions located at the public airport as of July 1, 2008, is first advertised, bid upon, and awarded by the department of transportation.

3. (c) The rental motor vehicle customer facility charge special fund shall be exempt from sections 36-30 and 103-8.5.
4. (d) Any resolution or certificate authorizing any issue of bonds relating to the use of the rental motor vehicle customer facility charge for an airport capital improvement program project approved by the legislature may establish other accounts within the rental motor vehicle customer facility charge special fund and require the transfer of the rental motor vehicle customer facility charge into the other accounts to pay debt service on the related bonds.

[L 2008, c 226, §2; am L 2010, c 204, §2]