(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) "City towing program" shall mean the directed accident response program established pursuant to § 20-518 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, the rotation tow program established pursuant to § 20-519 of such Code, the removal of disabled vehicles on highways pursuant to authorization by the department of transportation or the police department, and any program whereby a city agency, pursuant to law, rule or agreement, directs a towing business to tow a vehicle without the prior consent of such vehicle's owner for any reason other than the towing of a vehicle in satisfaction of a judgment for an outstanding debt to the city.
(2) "Major credit card" shall mean MasterCard, Visa, American Express or Discover.
(b) A towing business that participates in any city towing program shall have permanently affixed to each tow truck used to tow vehicles in such city tow program decals identifying the major credit cards accepted as payment for towing under such program in accordance with §20-520.1 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York. Each such decal shall be no less than three and three-sixteenth inches wide by two inches high, and shall be securely affixed by means other than a magnet immediately above or below the space where the legal rates for towing and storage are painted on the tow truck or immediately below the legal rates for towing and storage are painted on the tow truck or immediately below the place where such tow truck company's name, address and telephone number are painted on the door of the tow truck in accordance with 6 RCNY § 2-362(n)(4). If such major credit cards are not accepted by such towing business as payment for towing performed outside the scope of such city towing program, such towing business shall also paint immediately below such decals on each tow truck used to tow vehicles in such city towing program in letters at least one and one-half inches high the words "THESE CARDS ACCEPTED ONLY FOR TOWING UNDER FOLLOWING CITY TOWING PROGRAM" followed by a listing of each applicable program. If such limitation is not so disclosed on a tow truck used by a towing business in any city towing program, such towing business shall accept the major credit cards it has identified by such decals as payment for any services performed by such towing business.
(c) No later than ten days before a change in the major credit cards accepted for payment by a towing company participating in any city towing program becomes effective, such towing business shall notify the Department in writing of any such change, and shall certify to the Department in a sworn statement that the credit card decals required to be affixed pursuant to subdivision b of this section have been modified to reflect such change.