REPORT TITLE:
Lemon Law


DESCRIPTION:
Clarifies that the lemon law rights period applies to the
purchase of a new or demonstrator motor vehicle.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           1579
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE LEMON LAW.
 


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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 481I-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending the definition of "lemon law rights period"
 
 3 to read as follows:
 
 4      ""Lemon law rights period" means, in the case of the
 
 5 purchase of a new or "demonstrator" motor vehicle, the term of
 
 6 the manufacturer's express warranty, the period ending two years
 
 7 after the date of the original delivery of a motor vehicle to a
 
 8 consumer, or the period covering the first 24,000 miles of
 
 9 operation, whichever occurs first."
 
10      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
11      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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13                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________