Bill Text: HI HB241 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Motor Vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-26 - The conference committee deferred the measure. [HB241 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-HB241-Introduced.html
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H.B. NO. |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to motor vehicles.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 437D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§437D‑ Manufacturer's recall; requirements. (a)
No later than forty-eight hours after receiving notice of a
manufacturer's recall, or sooner if practicable, a lessor with a rental motor
vehicle fleet of one or more vehicles shall not rent or lease or offer for rent
or lease a vehicle subject to the manufacturer's recall until the lessor has
made all repairs required under the manufacturer's recall.
(b) If a manufacturer's recall notice indicates
that the remedy for the recall is not immediately available and specifies
actions to temporarily repair the vehicle in a manner that eliminates the
safety risk that prompted the manufacturer's recall, a lessor with a rental
motor vehicle fleet of one or more vehicles shall not rent or lease or offer
for rent or lease a vehicle subject to the manufacturer's recall until the
lessor has made all temporary repairs required under the manufacturer's
recall. Once a permanent remedy for the
vehicle becomes available to the lessor, the lessor shall not rent or lease the
vehicle until the permanent repairs to the vehicle required under the
manufacturer's recall are complete.
(c) As soon as practicable but not more than
forty-eight hours after a manufacturer's recall notice has been issued by the
manufacturer and appears in the recall database provided by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or not more than forty-eight hours after
a lessor receives notice of a manufacturer's recall by a third party with which
the lessor contracts to provide notification of active recalls, a lessor shall
not facilitate the rent or lease the vehicle until all repairs required under
the manufacturer's recall are complete and the vehicle no longer appears in the
recall database provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration."
SECTION 2. Section 251-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By adding three new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read:
""Peer-to-peer
motor vehicle sharing" means the authorized use of a motor vehicle by a
person other than the vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer motor vehicle
sharing organization.
"Peer-to-peer
motor vehicle sharing agreement" means any written agreement setting forth
the terms and conditions governing the use of the peer-to-peer vehicle by a
lessee.
"Peer-to-peer motor vehicle sharing organization" means a legal entity qualified to do business in the State engaged in the business of facilitating the use, rental, or sharing of privately-owned passenger motor vehicles for noncommercial use by persons within the State. This term does not include the registered owner of the vehicle involved in a peer-to-peer motor vehicle sharing agreement facilitated by a peer-to-peer motor vehicle sharing organization."
2. By amending the definition of "lessor" to read:
""Lessor"
means any person in the business of providing rental motor vehicles to the
public[.], and shall include peer-to-peer motor vehicle sharing
organizations."
SECTION 3. Section 251-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Each person as a condition precedent to
engaging or continuing in the business of providing rental motor vehicles to
the public, engaging or continuing in the tour vehicle operator business, [or]
engaging or continuing in a car-sharing organization business, or engaging
or continuing in a peer-to-peer motor vehicle sharing organization business
shall register with the director. A
person required to so register shall make a one-time payment of $20, upon
receipt of which the director shall issue a certificate of registration in such
form as the director determines, attesting that the registration has been
made. The registration shall not be
transferable and shall be valid only for the person in whose name it is issued
and for the transaction of business at the place designated therein. The registration, or in lieu thereof a notice
stating where the registration may be inspected and examined, shall at all
times be conspicuously displayed at the place for which it is issued."
SECTION 4. Section 437D-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By adding five new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read:
""Manufacturer's
recall" means a recall conducted pursuant to title 49 United States Code
sections 30118 and 30120.
"Peer-to-peer
motor vehicle sharing" means the authorized use of a motor vehicle by a
person other than the vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer motor vehicle
sharing organization.
"Peer-to-peer
motor vehicle sharing agreement" means any written agreement setting forth
the terms and conditions governing the use of the peer-to-peer vehicle by a
lessee.
"Peer-to-peer motor vehicle sharing organization" means a legal entity qualified to do business in the State engaged in the business of facilitating the use, rental, or sharing of privately-owned passenger motor vehicles for noncommercial use by persons within the State. This term does not include the registered owner of the vehicle involved in a peer-to-peer motor vehicle sharing agreement facilitated by a peer-to-peer motor vehicle sharing organization.
"Recall database" means a database from which a person may obtain vehicle identification number specific manufacturer's recall information relevant to a specific vehicle, which includes but is not limited to a vehicle manufacturer's internet website for a specific vehicle's line-make, a vehicle manufacturer's internal system that provides information to its franchisees, or a commercially available vehicle history system."
2. By amending the definitions of "lessee" and "lessor" to read:
""Lessee" means any person obtaining the use of a rental motor vehicle from a lessor for a period of six months or less under the terms of a rental agreement or peer-to-peer motor vehicle sharing agreement.
"Lessor"
means any person in the business of providing rental motor vehicles to the
public[.], including peer-to-peer motor vehicle sharing organizations."
3. By amending the definition of "rental
agreement" to read:
""Rental
agreement" means any written agreement setting forth the terms and
conditions governing the use of the rental motor vehicle by the lessee[.],
including peer-to-peer motor vehicle sharing agreements."
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.
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Report Title:
Motor Vehicles; Manufacturer's Recall; Requirements; Peer-to-Peer Motor Vehicle Sharing
Description:
Prohibits vehicle lessors from renting, leasing, or offering for rent or lease, vehicles subject to a manufacturer's recall, until appropriate repairs are made. Defines peer-to-peer vehicle sharing related terms. Requires persons in the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing organization business to register with the director of taxation.
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
