Bill Text: WV SB49 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to use of aftermarket crash parts by motor vehicle repair shop
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-09 - To Judiciary [SB49 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2019-SB49-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2019 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 49
By Senator Smith
[Introduced
January 9, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §46A-6B-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the use of aftermarket crash parts by a motor vehicle repair shop; and requiring new original equipment parts be used in order to maintain the manufacturer’s warranty.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 6B. CONSUMER PROTECTION--AUTOMOTIVE CRASH PARTS.
§46A-6B-3. Genuine and aftermarket crash parts.
For all motor vehicles requiring repair by motor vehicle
body shops in the year of their manufacture or in the two succeeding years
thereafter, and those needed repairs will be paid in, whole or in part, by
an insurance company, motor vehicle body shops must use genuine crash
new original equipment parts sufficient to maintain the manufacturer's new
vehicle warranty for fit, finish, structural integrity, corrosion
resistance, dent resistance, and crash performance. unless the motor vehicle
owner consents in writing at the time of the repair to the use of aftermarket
crash parts No An insurance company may not require the use
of aftermarket crash parts when negotiating repairs of the motor vehicle with
any repairer for a period of three years, the year the motor vehicle was
manufactured and the two succeeding years thereafter unless the motor vehicle
owner consents in writing at the time of the repair to the use of aftermarket
crash parts the current model year plus two years.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require new original equipment parts be used in order to maintain the manufacturer's warranty.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
