Bill No.:                     SF0098                                   Drafter:  LGC

LSO No.:                   13LSO-0305                         Effective Date:  7/1/2013

Enrolled Act No.:    SEA0017

Chapter No.:            CH0017

Prime Sponsor:       Senator Perkins

Catch Title:              Motor vehicle-lemon law.

Subject:                     Force majeure provisions in the motor vehicle lemon law.

Summary/Major Elements:

· Under current law, it is presumed that a reasonable number of attempts have been undertaken to conform a motor vehicle to express warranty if within one (1) year following the original delivery of the motor vehicle to the consumer:

· (i)  The same nonconformity has been subject to repair more than three (3) times by the manufacturer, its agents or its authorized dealers and the same nonconformity continues to exist; or

· (ii)  The vehicle is out of service due to repair for a cumulative total of thirty (30) business days.

· This act extends those time periods by any period of time during which the vehicle could not reasonably be repaired due to war, invasion, act of terror, civil unrest, strike, fire, flood or natural disaster.