REPORT TITLE:
Rental Vehicle 

DESCRIPTION:
Defines "damage to rental motor vehicle" or "damage to vehicle";
establishes task force to review current law and report to 2001
legislature. (SD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        1912
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL INDUSTRY.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 437D-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted
 
 3 and to read as follows:
 
 4      ""Damage to rental motor vehicle" or "damage to vehicle"
 
 5 means:
 
 6      (1)  The actual cost of parts, labor, and materials, or
 
 7           appraised estimate to repair the damage, or diminution
 
 8           in value to the vehicle, or the actual cash value of
 
 9           the vehicle, if it is declared a total loss; and
 
10      (2)  The actual towing charges."
 
11      SECTION 2.  There is established a task force that shall be
 
12 administratively attached to the office of consumer protection of
 
13 the department of commerce and consumer affairs.  The task force
 
14 shall be convened by the executive director of the office of
 
15 consumer protection and shall consist of representatives of the
 
16 motor vehicle rental industry and consumer organizations.  The
 
17 task force shall be chaired by the executive director of the
 
18 office of consumer protection.
 
19      The task force shall review the current law regulating the
 

 
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 1 recovery of rental vehicle damages, consider concerns expressed
 
 2 by the industry with regards to recovery, and make
 
 3 recommendations to address these concerns, if applicable.
 
 4      The task force shall submit its findings and recommendations
 
 5 to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the
 
 6 convening of the regular session of 2001.
 
 7      SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
 8      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2010.