REPORT TITLE:
Motor Vehicle Rental


DESCRIPTION:
Adds a definition to the motor vehicle rental industry law for
"damage to the rental motor vehicle or damage to the vehicle".

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2128
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 the rental motor vehicle or damage to the
 
 5 vehicle" means the actual costs of parts, labor, and materials,
 
 6 or the appraised estimate to repair the damage (or diminution in
 
 7 value if the vehicle is not repaired), the book value of the
 
 8 vehicle where it is declared a total loss, appraisal fees paid by
 
 9 the lessor, actual towing charges, the value of the loss of the
 
10 use of the vehicle until it is repaired or replaced, and
 
11 administrative fees that directly reflect costs incurred and
 
12 substantiated by the lessor that are directly associated with
 
13 handling and collecting payment for damages to the vehicle from
 
14 the lessee."
 
15      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
16      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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18                       INTRODUCED BY:  ___________________________