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(a) A vehicle storage facility must provide each vehicle owner who reclaims a towed vehicle with an invoice in accordance with this section at the time a towed vehicle is reclaimed. • (b) Each invoice must include the vehicle storage facility name, business address and phone number, facility's state vehicle storage facility number, the date and time the vehicle was impounded, the date and time the vehicle was reclaimed, and an itemized statement of the charges. Each invoice must have all of the following information printed on the front or back of the invoice, or printed on a separate sheet that is physically attached to the invoice: (1) A schedule listing the maximum vehicle storage fees set by the state. (2) The following statement, in at least 10-point type: San Marcos City Ordinance limits, but does not set, the amounts that can be charged for wrecker services, and requires wrecker services and vehicle storage facilities to accept cash, one-party personal checks, money orders, traveler's checks and credit cards for payment of fees. The ordinance also prohibits a person who pays with a check or credit card from stopping or canceling the payment. Persons who wish to contest the propriety of a tow or to contest charges claimed to be excessive may request a hearing at a justice court. Persons who wish to contest charges on police-authorized tows claimed to be excessive may file a complaint with the San Marcos Chief of Police. (c) If a single invoice is used for wrecker service charges and vehicle storage facility charges, a combined schedule of the maximum wrecker service and vehicle storage fees may be used on the • invoice, together with the statement in (b)(2). Sec. 90.281- 90.289 90.288. Reserved. DIVISION 4.NON-CONSENT ?S-TOWING REGULATIONS AND RATE LIMITATIONS Sec. 90.289. Non-consent towing registration required; minimum requirements; suspension (a) Effective on January 2 2009, it shall be unlawful for a wrecker service to perform non-consent towing of vehicles from private property in the City of San Marcos without having a current and valid non-consent towing registration on file with the San Marcos Police Department Registration is not required for non-consent towing of a vehicle during the process of repossession as authorized by a lease or financing agreement. (b) In order to obtain and maintain registration to perform non-consent towing, a wrecker service must meet the insurance requirements and other minimum requirements in Section 90.244 of the San Marcos Cif Code for Category A or Category B wreckers, as applicable, and must provide proof of arrangements made to tow vehicles only to a vehicle storage facility located within the city limits of San Marcos. (c) The chief of police is authorized to suspend the registration of a wrecker service to perform non- consent towing f_or a period of up to 90 days for violation of any provision of Chapter 90, Article 4 of the San Marcos City Code including but not limited to charging a fee that is not authorized by Section 90.290 or exceeds the maximum fee set forth in Section 90.291. • Sec. 90.290. Towing charges limited; summoning of Category B wrecker; forms of payment. 15