Delaware General Assembly

Committee 6/29/99

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

3/24/99

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Sen. Blevins, DeLuca, McBride
Reps. Brady, Roy, Buckworth, Maier, Miro, Quillen, Spence, Valihura, West

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6 AND 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NON-MECHANICAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR WORK.

This Act is intended to ensure that customers who have non-mechanical automotive repair work performed on their motor vehicle have control over what parts are being used to repair their vehicle. To accomplish this, this Act amends Titles 6 and 18 of the Delaware Code. This Act amends Title 6 so that automotive repair facilities are required to give the customer notice of the use of any non-mechanical parts that are not original equipment manufactured (OEM) parts before they perform such repairs and must then receive written authorization from the customer to use non-mechanical non-OEM parts in those repairs. This Act amends Title 18, commonly known as the Insurance Code, by making it an unfair trade practice for any casualty insurance provider to require automotive repair facilities to use any parts other than OEM parts when performing non-mechanical auto repair work on a motor vehicle that is still in its warranty period. This Act further amends Title 18, by prohibiting such providers from requiring their insured to authorize the use of non-OEM parts in those repairs. Finally, this Act provides definitions for terms used or created therein.

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