[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2434]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3674]


Budget Rent A Car Systems, Inc.; Prohibited Trade Practices, and 
Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of 
competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, an 
Illinois-based corporation from failing to disclose, clearly and 
prominently, any representation relating to the renter's liability for 
loss of or damage to a rental vehicle, and from failing to post at each 
Budget rental location a sign, clearly and prominently, containing the 
disclosure statement. In addition, the consent order prohibits the 
respondent from misrepresenting: the obligation of the renter to make 
any payment as a result of loss of or damage to a rental vehicle; and 
the value of a vehicle that has been lost or damaged.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued June 17, 1996.\1\
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    \1\ Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are 
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th 
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randall Brook, Federal Trade 
Commission, Seattle Regional Office, 915 Second Ave., Suite 2896, 
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Seattle, WA. 98174. (206) 220-6366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Thursday, April 4, 1996, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 15071, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Budget Rent A Car Systems, 
Inc., for the purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested parties 
were given sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, suggestions or 
objections regarding the proposed form of the order.
    No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the 
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement, 
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to cease and 
desist, as set forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition 
of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5, 
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-2434 Filed 1-30-97; 8:45 am]
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