(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 21, 2003)

 

Assembly Bill No. 367–Assemblywoman Chowning
(by request)

 

March 17, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Makes various changes relating to repair of motor vehicles. (BDR 43‑216)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; expanding the definition of “rebuilt vehicle” for the purposes of licensing and registration of motor vehicles; authorizing an insured to select a body shop for repairs to a motor vehicle; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. NRS 482.098 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  482.098  “Rebuilt vehicle” means a vehicle, one or more major

1-3  components of which have been replaced as set forth in this

1-4  subsection. For the purposes of this section, the requisite major

1-5  components of a vehicle which must be replaced for a vehicle to be

1-6  considered rebuilt are the:

1-7  1.  Cowl assembly;

1-8  2.  Rear clip assembly;

1-9  3.  Roof[;] assembly;

1-10      4.  Floor pan assembly; [or]

1-11      5.  Conventional frame coupled with one additional major

1-12  component[.] ; or

1-13      6.  Complete front inner structure for a unibody.

1-14      Sec. 2.  NRS 690B.016 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-15      690B.016  1.  An insured or a claimant under a policy of

1-16  insurance may have repairs to a motor vehicle made at the

2-1  licensed body shop of his choice. An insurer of motor vehicles

2-2  shall notify the insured or the claimant of this right when the

2-3  insurer is first contacted concerning a claim for damage to a

2-4  motor vehicle.

2-5  2.  An insurer of motor vehicles or a representative of the

2-6  insurer shall not:

2-7  (a) Knowingly recommend to an insured[,] or a claimant, or

2-8  direct an insured or a claimant to, a body shop in this state which is

2-9  not licensed pursuant to NRS 487.630; [or]

2-10      (b) Require an insured or a claimant to patronize any licensed

2-11  body shop in this state in preference to another such business,

2-12  except in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to

2-13  paragraph (c) of subsection 7 of NRS 487.002.

2-14      [2.] 3.  The provisions of this section do not require an

2-15  insurer to pay more than the reasonable rate required pursuant to

2-16  a policy of insurance for repairs to a motor vehicle.

2-17      4.  For the purposes of this section, an insurer is entitled to rely

2-18  upon the validity of the license number included by the body shop

2-19  on its estimates and invoices for repairs.

 

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