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Introduced
01/09/2024
01/09/2024
In Committee
02/27/2024
02/27/2024
Crossed Over
01/31/2024
01/31/2024
Passed
03/05/2024
03/05/2024
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
03/13/2024
03/13/2024
Introduced Session
2024 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Automobile dealers. Amends the remedy procedure to repair a motor vehicle that is subject to a stop sale directive to include new motor vehicles. Requires a purchaser, customer, or transferee of a rebuilt or salvage vehicle to sign a written acknowledgment of receipt of the disclosure for a rebuilt or salvage vehicle. Requires the dealer services division of the secretary of state (secretary) to prescribe the form of the written disclosure for a rebuilt or salvage vehicle. Establishes a required training course that an applicant for a used motor vehicle dealer license must complete in order to obtain a used motor vehicle dealer license. Requires dealers to be able to provide to the secretary dealer records in an electronic format. Provides that a dealer has 10 business days to produce electronic dealer records after an investigating or auditing employee of the secretary requests the records. Requires any item that is not a part of the advertised sale price of a motor vehicle to be a separate line item in the contract for sale or lease. Provides that: (1) the owner, lessor, or operator of a commercial motor vehicle; or (2) a person who leases or rents a commercial motor vehicle to another person; is not civilly liable for a tort claim based on the failure to install optional equipment on a commercial motor vehicle unless certain circumstances exist.
AI Summary
This bill makes several changes to Indiana's laws governing automobile dealers:
1. It expands the definition of "stop sale directive" to include both new and used vehicles that cannot be sold or leased due to federal safety or emissions recalls.
2. It requires applicants for a used motor vehicle dealer license to complete a training course provided by the Independent Automobile Dealers Association of Indiana, with some exceptions.
3. It mandates that dealers provide written disclosure to purchasers of rebuilt or salvage vehicles, and requires the purchaser to sign an acknowledgment of the disclosure.
4. It requires dealers to be able to provide dealer records in electronic format to investigating or auditing employees of the Secretary of State within 10 business days of a request.
5. It requires any item not included in the advertised sale price of a motor vehicle to be a separate line item in the contract for sale or lease.
6. It provides that the owner, lessor, or operator of a commercial motor vehicle is not civilly liable for a tort claim based on the failure to install optional equipment, unless certain circumstances exist.
Committee Categories
Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsors (6)
Michael Crider (R)*,
Mark Messmer (R)*,
Steve Bartels (R),
Earl Harris (D),
Shane Lindauer (R),
Jim Pressel (R),
Last Action
Public Law 116 (on 03/13/2024)
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