H. B. 2466


(By Delegate Wallace)
[Introduced March 4, 1993; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation then the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend article six-a, chapter seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section eighteen, relating to expenses incurred as a result of purchasing a motor vehicle with illegal equipment.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article six-a, chapter seventeen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section eighteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6A. MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, WHOLESALERS AND MANUFACTURERS.

§17A-6A-18. Sale of motor vehicles with illegal equipment; reimbursement of costs and expenses.

Any person who purchases a motor vehicle from any new or used motor vehicle dealer which contains illegal equipment, andwhich causes the purchaser to incur expenses and costs directly related to the illegal equipment, shall be entitled to recover all expenses and costs from the selling motor vehicle dealer.




NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to enable a purchaser of a motor vehicle to recover all expenses and costs incurred as a result of the purchase of a motor vehicle with illegal equipment.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.