Bill Text: HI HB270 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating To Rebuilt Vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-09 - Act 199, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1301). [HB270 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2019-HB270-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	270
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to rebuilt vehicles.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that existing laws inhibit insurers' ability to push a "rebuilt" or "salvage" title when a total loss is retained by the insured for a flooded vehicle.  Current cars have a significant amount of electronic devices installed throughout the vehicle and are highly vulnerable to flood damage, particularly if salt water is involved.  Such vehicles should have a branded title to warn potential subsequent purchasers.

     Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to include flood damage and material damage to a motor vehicle's electronics in the definition of "rebuilt vehicle".

     SECTION 2.  Section 286-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "rebuilt vehicle" to read as follows:

     ""Rebuilt vehicle" means any vehicle which has been declared a total loss by an insurer and has been rebuilt or repaired to operate on public highways.  For the purpose of this definition, a vehicle is a total loss only if there is material damage, including flood damage, to the vehicle's electronics, frame, unitized structure, or suspension system, and the projected cost of repairing the damage exceeds the market value of the vehicle at the time of the incident causing it to be declared a total loss."

     SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Rebuilt Vehicle; Flood Damage; Electronics

 

Description:

Includes flood damage and material damage to a motor vehicle's electronics in the definition of "rebuilt vehicle" in section 286-2, Hawaii Revised Statues.

 

 

 

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