REPORT TITLE:
Rental Vehicle 

DESCRIPTION:
Defines "damage to rental motor vehicle" or "damage to vehicle."
(HB1912 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
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;
 
10      (2)  The appraisal fees paid by the lessor;
 
11      (3)  The actual towing charges;
 
12      (4)  Eighty per cent of the loss of use of the vehicle until
 
13           it is repaired or replaced; and
 
14      (5)  A reasonable administrative fee that directly reflects
 
15           costs incurred and substantiated by the lessor that are
 
16           directly associated with handling and collecting
 
17           damages to the vehicle from the lessee."
 
18      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
19      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.