§ 8-2813 — Same; safety recalls; responsibilities of peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program and vehicle owner; vehicle disqualified from vehicle sharing

(a) After the time that a vehicle owner registers as a shared vehicle owner on a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program but before the time that the shared vehicle owner makes a vehicle available as a shared vehicle on the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program, the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program shall:
(1) Verify that the shared vehicle does not have any safety recalls for which repairs correcting the safety recalls have not been made; and
(2) notify the shared vehicle owner of the requirements under subsection (b).
(b) (1) If a vehicle owner has received an actual notice of a safety recall on the owner's vehicle, the owner may not make such vehicle available as a shared vehicle on a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program until the safety recall repair has been made.
(2) If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall on a shared vehicle while the shared vehicle is available on the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program, the shared vehicle owner shall remove the shared vehicle from the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program as soon as practicable after receiving the notice of the safety recall and shall not replace such vehicle on the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program until the safety recall repair has been made.
(3) If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall while the shared vehicle is being used and is in the possession of a shared vehicle driver, as soon as practicable after receiving the notice of the safety recall, the shared vehicle owner shall notify the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing program about the safety recall so that the shared vehicle owner may address the safety recall repair.

Legislative History

L. 2021, ch. 55, § 13; January 1, 2022.