Bill Text: NJ A2492 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires recalls on motor vehicles to be repaired prior to sale.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-01 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee [A2492 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-A2492-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman NANCY F. MUNOZ
District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires recalls on motor vehicles to be repaired prior to sale.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning recalls on vehicles for sale and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A person shall not sell or transfer a motor vehicle without first contacting or accessing information provided by the vehicle manufacturer or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to determine if there are any outstanding recalls on the vehicle which have not been corrected or addressed. In the event that a recall is discovered, the recall shall be appropriately corrected or addressed prior to the sale of the motor vehicle.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month next following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill would prohibit the sale of a motor vehicle with outstanding recalls. Under the bill, a person would not be able to sell a vehicle without first contacting, or accessing information provided by, the vehicle manufacturer or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to determine if there are any recalls on the vehicle which have not been corrected or addressed. In the event that a recall is discovered, the recall would have to be appropriately corrected or addressed prior to the sale of the vehicle.
