Most lawmakers and staff do their best to make proposed legislation as clear as possible. But this description of pending legislation is near-Faulknerian:

Creates the misdemeanor offense of deception of a visitor in transportation services for hire if a person offers to transport a visitor to a destination, with intent to deceive, for which the visitor has previously scheduled transport with a bona fide transportation service, charges a fee or rate that is in excess of the amount that is quoted by the bona fide transportation service for which the visitor is waiting for a pick up, upon pick up or drop off of the visitor, collects a fee or rate from a visitor who has already pre-paid for that transportation through a bona fide transportation service, or does not pick up the visitor from a destination to which the person transports the visitor after representing to the visitor to do so. Provides for penalties including impoundment of vehicle.  

That’s the House Draft 2 version of House Bill 2004, which is set to be heard Monday (March 19) by Senate Transportation and International Affairs. Basically, the bill is intended to help airport concessionaires.

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