AN ACT
ENTITLED, An Act to
require a motor vehicle manufacturer to reimburse a consumer for excise tax
and license and registration fees if a vehicle is replaced under lemon law provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 32-6D-3 be amended to read as follows:
32-6D-3. If, after reasonable attempts, the manufacturer or its authorized dealer is unable to conform the motor vehicle to any express warranty by repairing or correcting a nonconforming condition of the motor vehicle which first occurred during the lemon law rights period, the manufacturer shall, through its authorized dealer, at the option of the consumer, replace the motor vehicle with a comparable new motor vehicle and shall refund the customer all collateral charges, including excise tax, license, and registration fees and similar government charges or shall accept return of the vehicle from the consumer and refund to the consumer the following:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 32-6D-3 be amended to read as follows:
32-6D-3. If, after reasonable attempts, the manufacturer or its authorized dealer is unable to conform the motor vehicle to any express warranty by repairing or correcting a nonconforming condition of the motor vehicle which first occurred during the lemon law rights period, the manufacturer shall, through its authorized dealer, at the option of the consumer, replace the motor vehicle with a comparable new motor vehicle and shall refund the customer all collateral charges, including excise tax, license, and registration fees and similar government charges or shall accept return of the vehicle from the consumer and refund to the consumer the following:
(1)
The full contract price including charges for undercoating, dealer preparation, and
transportation charges, and installed options, plus the nonrefundable portions of extended
warranties and service contracts;
(2)
All collateral charges, including excise tax, license, and registration fees and similar
government charges;
(3)
All finance charges incurred by the consumer after he first reported the nonconformity to
the manufacturer or its authorized dealer; and
(4)
Any incidental damages which shall include the reasonable cost of alternative
transportation during the period that the consumer is without the use of the motor vehicle
because of the nonconforming condition.
An Act to require a motor vehicle manufacturer to reimburse a consumer for excise tax and license and registration fees if a vehicle is replaced under lemon law provisions.
An Act to require a motor vehicle manufacturer to reimburse a consumer for excise tax and license and registration fees if a vehicle is replaced under lemon law provisions.
I certify that the attached Act originated in the
SENATE as
Bill
No.
94
____________________________ Secretary of the Senate ____________________________ President of the Senate
Attest:
____________________________ Secretary of the Senate
____________________________
Attest:
____________________________ Chief Clerk
Senate
Bill
No.
94
File No. ____ Chapter No. ______ |
Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ ,
20____ at ____________ M.
By _________________________ for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________ , A.D., 20___
____________________________ Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss. Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________ , 20___
____________________________ Secretary of State
By _________________________ |