Rental passenger vehicle transactions.

Existing law generally governs the transactions between a rental car company, also referred to as a rental company, and its customers, including, among other provisions, authorization for a rental company to collect specific types of fees and charges from its customers. Existing law permits a rental company and its customer may agree that the customer will be responsible for physical damage of up to a total of $500 resulting from vandalism unrelated to the theft of the rented vehicle. This bill would instead permit a rental company and its customer to agree that the customer will be responsible for physical damage of up to a total of $500 resulting form vandalism that did not occur during the theft of the rented vehicle.