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<br />(4) Securing and storage of vehicles. <br /> <br />(5) Release and transfer of vehicles. <br /> <br />(6) Disposal of vehicles. <br /> <br />(7) Limitations on the amounts of fees. <br /> <br />Sec. 90.279. Fees; forms of payment. <br /> <br />(a) It is unlawful for an operator of a participating storage facility to charge any fee that is prohibited or not <br />authorized by, or which exceeds a maximum fee set under, the Storage Facility Act or the Storage Facility <br />Regulations, in connection with the storage of a vehicle towed as a police-authorized tow to the facility. <br /> <br />(b) An operator of a participating storage facility must accept all of the following forms of payment for <br />vehicle storage charges for a vehicle towed as a police-authorized tow: <br /> <br />(1) Cash. <br /> <br />(2) One party personal check. <br /> <br />(3) Money order or traveler's check. <br /> <br />(4) Credit card. <br /> <br />(c) It is unlawful for a person who makes payment for vehicle storage charges for a vehicle towed as a <br />police-authorized tow by personal check or credit card to stop payment on the check or rescind a credit card <br />charge. Persons who wish to contest the propriety of a non-consent tow must request a hearing under <br />V.T.C.A. Transportation Code Chapter 685. Persons who wish to contest excess charges by a wrecker <br />service on the rotation system may file a complaint with the chief of police under section 90.294. <br /> <br />Sec. 90.280. Invoices. <br /> <br />(a) A vehicle storage facility must provide each vehicle owner who reclaims a towed vehicle with an invoice <br />in accordance with this section at the time a towed vehicle is reclaimed. <br /> <br />(b) Each invoice must include the vehicle storage facility name, business address and phone number, <br />facility's state vehicle storage facility number, the date and time the vehicle was impounded, the date and <br />time the vehicle was reclaimed, and an itemized statement of the charges. Each invoice must have all of the <br />following information printed on the front or back of the invoice, or printed on a separate sheet that is <br />physically attached to the invoice: <br /> <br />(1) A schedule listing the maximum vehicle storage fees set by the state. <br /> <br />(2) The following statement, in at least 10-point type: <br /> <br />San Marcos City Ordinance limits, but does not set, the amounts that can be charged for wrecker <br /> <br />C:\TEMP\Wreckers 1-14-02.doc <br /> <br />14 <br />