Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, there were many Senior Level company Executives, including some CEO's of major rental car systems serving as president of the association.
It is governed by a board of directors that represents a large cross-section of the car rental industry and acts in strict compliance with the antitrust laws.
ACRA is actively engaged in pursuing federal legislation that would prohibit future excise taxes imposed solely on the car rental industry as discriminatory.
ACRA helped pass legislation in Arizona[4] that shifted the company's liability to a secondary position rather than primary thereby making the tortfeasor the first in line to pay personal injury claims when other insurance is available.
ACRA was instrumental in the elimination of vicarious liability on a federal level,[5] the Graves Amendment, and has been in the forefront of defeating numerous attempts at a repeal of this legislation.