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Responses
Received From
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
Senate Bill 809 requires
the seller of a motor vehicle to disclose in writing to the purchaser, before
the sale is completed, any material mechanical defect in the motor vehicle and
any damage sustained by the motor vehicle due to fire, water, collision or
other causes known to the seller.
In addition, SB 809
mandates that a seller promising repairs will be made, or conditions corrected
in connection with the purchase of a used motor vehicle, provide the promise in
writing and either attached to or incorporated into the sales contract.
Significant
Issues
The provisions of SB 809 will provide protection
to the consumer.
TECHNICAL ISSUES
TRD suggests a provision in SB 809 providing for
notification of the Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) by either a court or the
seller/dealer of an adverse judgment against a dealer since it might provide
grounds to the MVD Dealers Section for failing to renew a motor vehicle
dealer’s license.
TRD also proposed the following change: Page 2, Line 13: the phrase “wreck damage”
should be changed to “damage caused by fire, water, or collision.” (to parallel language in Page 1, Line 25, through Page 2,
Line 1).