Bill Text: WV SB413 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to use of aftermarket crash parts by repair shops
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-23 - To Transportation and Infrastructure [SB413 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2021-SB413-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2021 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 413
By Senator Smith
[Introduced February 23,
2021; referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure]
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.
