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Alabama House Bill HB95 Compare Versions

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	4	+	L715AWY-1
5	5		By Representative Sells
6	6		RFD: Commerce and Small Business
7	7		First Read: 04-Feb-25
8	8		PFD: 24-Jan-25
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	14	+	6 L715AWY-1 01/15/2025 CMH (L)CMH 2025-181
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	17	+	SYNOPSIS:
	18	+	This bill would require an unexpired
	19	+	manufacturer's warranty on a heating, ventilation, and
	20	+	air-conditioning system to be transferred to any new
	21	+	owner upon the conveyance of the associated real
	22	+	property.
17	23		A BILL
18	24		TO BE ENTITLED
19	25		AN ACT
20	26		Relating to consumer protection; to regulate the
21	27		transfer of unexpired manufacturer's warranties on heating,
22	28		ventilation, and air-conditioning systems with the associated
23	29		real property.
24	30		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
25		-	Section 1. (a) As used in this section, the following
26		-	terms have the following meanings:
27		-	(1) HVAC SYSTEM. A heating, ventilation, and air
28		-	conditioning system.
29		-	(2) MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. The original equipment
30		-	manufacturer's unregistered, initial, or base term warranty to
31		-	repair, service, or replace a component or a part of the HVAC
32		-	system that automatically accompanies the HVAC system at the
33		-	time of purchase, through no further action of the owner. The
34		-	term does not include any coverage extended beyond the
35		-	unregistered, initial term or base warranty.
36		-	(3) RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY. Any of the following:
37		-	a. A single-family house.
38		-	b. A duplex, triplex, or quadraplex.
39		-	c. A unit in a multi-unit residential structure in
	31	+	Section 1. (a) If a residential real property that
	32	+	includes a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC)
	33	+	system as a fixture to the property is conveyed to a new owner
	34	+	on or after October 1, 2025, a manufacturer's warranty in
	35	+	effect on that system or a component of that system:
	36	+	(1) Is automatically transferred to the new owner; and
	37	+	(2) Continues in effect as if the new owner was the
	38	+	original purchaser of such system or component, as applicable.
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69		-	c. A unit in a multi-unit residential structure in
70		-	which title to an individual unit is transferred to the owner
71		-	of the unit under a condominium or cooperative system.
72		-	(b) If a residential real property that includes an
73		-	HVAC system as a fixture to the property is conveyed to a new
74		-	owner on or after October 1, 2025, a manufacturer's warranty
75		-	in effect on that system or a component of that system:
76		-	(1) Is automatically transferred to the new owner; and
77		-	(2) Continues in effect as if the new owner was the
78	68		original purchaser of such system or component, as applicable.
79		-	(c) A warrantor continues to be obligated under the
	69	+	(b) A warrantor continues to be obligated under the
80	70		terms of a manufacturer's warranty agreement for a warranty
81	71		transferred under this section and may not charge a fee for
82	72		the transfer of the warranty.
83		-	(d) The transfer of a manufacturer's warranty under
	73	+	(c) The transfer of a manufacturer's warranty under
84	74		this section does not extend the remaining term of the
85	75		warranty.
	76	+	(d) A manufacturer's warranty of an HVAC system or a
	77	+	component of the system may not in any way be conditioned upon
	78	+	the product registration.
86	79		(e) This section applies if:
87	80		(1) A sale of a residential property that includes an
88	81		HVAC system as a fixture to the property occurs on or after
89		-	October 1, 2025;
	82	+	October 1, 2025; and
90	83		(2) A manufacturer's warranty is still in effect on the
91		-	HVAC system or a component of the system; and
92		-	(3) A warranty agreement was entered into or renewed on
93		-	or after October 1, 2025. A warranty agreement entered into or
94		-	renewed before October 1, 2025, is governed by the law in
95		-	effect on the date the agreement was entered into or renewed,
96		-	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	84	+	HVAC system or a component of the system.
97	85		Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
	86	+	1, 2025.
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127		-	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
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131		-	House of Representatives
132		-	Read for the first time and referred
133		-	to the House of Representatives
134		-	committee on Commerce and Small
135		-	Business
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137		-	Read for the second time and placed
138		-	on the calendar:
139		-	0 amendments
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141		-	Read for the third time and passed
142		-	as amended
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