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636 BILL NO. 355 By: Rosino of the Senate
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1845 An Act relating to motor vehicles; creating the Peer -
1946 to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act; defining terms;
2047 requiring assumption of liability for certain losses
2148 or injuries; providing for actions resulting in
2249 nonliability; providing for minimum compulsory
2350 insurance coverage; stating certain parties charged
2451 with maintaining insurance coverage; requiring
2552 certain primary insurance coverage; providing for
2653 controlling insurance coverage for out -of-state
2754 accidents; providing for when certain entities assume
2855 primary liability; requiring certain coverage and
2956 duty to defend; providin g exceptions; requiring
3057 certain nondependence on other insurers; disallowing
3158 certain limits to liability and contracting; allowing
3259 for certain indemnification; providing for certain
3360 notice; making certain exclusions; allowing for
3461 certain insurance policy e xclusions; stating the act
3562 does not invalidate, limit or restrict insurers from
3663 underwriting or the ability to cancel or nonrenew
3764 policies; requiring collection and verification of
3865 certain records; requiring retention of records;
3966 exempting owner from vicar ious liability; providing
4067 for right to seek contribution; requiring certain
4168 insurable interest; providing for certain
4269 nonliability; allowing program to maintain certain
4370 policy coverages; requiring certain disclosures;
4471 stating certain requirements of car sh aring program
4572 agreement; requiring certain recordkeeping; stating
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51103 for certain nonuse of car; requiring certain notice;
52104 amending 68 O.S. 2011, Section 2110, as amended by
53105 Section 5, Chapter 316, O.S.L. 2012 (68 O.S. Supp.
54106 2020, Section 2110), which relates to rental tax;
55107 specifying rental tax shall not apply to certain
56108 shared vehicles; providing for collect ion of tax;
57109 defining terms; authorizing the Oklahoma Tax
58110 Commission to prescribe certain rules and
59111 regulations; providing for codification; and
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65-SUBJECT: Creating the Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act
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67117 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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69118 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
70119 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1050 of Title 47, unless there
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73121 Sections 1 through 15 of this act shall be known and may be
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76123 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
77124 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1051 of Title 47, unless there
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82127 1. “Peer-to-peer car sharing” or “sharing” means the authorized
83128 use of a vehicle by an individual other than the vehicle ’s owner
84129 through a peer-to-peer car sharing program;
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86130 2. “Peer-to-peer car sharing program ” or “program” means a
87131 business platform that connects vehicle owners with drivers to
88132 enable the sharing of vehicles for financial consideration. A peer -
89133 to-peer car sharing program is not engaged in “renting motor
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90161 vehicles without a driver ” in Oklahoma within the m eaning of Section
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93162 2110 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, except as specifically
94163 provided in that section. A peer -to-peer car sharing program is not
95164 “engaged in the business of renting motor vehicles without drivers ”
96165 under the provisions of Section 8 -101 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma
97166 Statutes. A peer-to-peer car sharing program is not a service
98167 provider who is solely providing hardware or software as a service
99168 to a person or entity that is not effectuating payment of financial
100169 consideration for the use o f a shared vehicle. A peer -to-peer car
101170 sharing program shall not be considered a transportation network
102171 company as defined in Section 1011 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma
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106174 means the terms and conditions applicable to a shared vehicle owner
107175 and a shared vehicle driver that govern the use of a shared vehicle
108176 through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. A peer-to-peer car
109177 sharing program agreement is not a rental agreement within the
110178 meaning of Section 2110 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, except
111179 as specifically provided in that section. A peer -to-peer car
112180 sharing program agreement is not an agreement to rent a motor
113181 vehicle without a driver under the provisions of Section 8 -101 of
114182 Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes ;
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116183 4. “Shared vehicle” or “vehicle” means a vehicle that is
117184 available for sharing through a peer -to-peer car sharing program. A
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118212 shared vehicle is not a “motor vehicle that is rented ” within the
119213 meaning of Section 2110 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, except
120214 as specifically provided in that section. A shared vehicle is not a
121215 “motor vehicle engaged in the business of renting a motor vehicle
122216 without a driver” as described pursuant to Section 8 -101 of Title 47
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125218 5. “Shared vehicle driver ” or “driver” means an individual who
126219 has been authorized to drive the shared vehicle by the shared
127220 vehicle owner under a car sharing program agreement;
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129221 6. “Shared vehicle owner ” or “owner” means the registered owner,
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131223 vehicle made available for sharing to shared vehicle drivers through
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136225 7. “Car sharing delivery period ” or “delivery period” means the
137226 period of time during w hich a shared vehicle is being delivered to
138227 the location of the car sharing start time, if applicable, as
139228 documented by the governing car sharing program agreement;
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141229 8. “Car sharing period” or “sharing period” means the period of
142230 time that commences with t he car sharing delivery period or, if
143231 there is no car sharing delivery period, that commences with the car
144232 sharing start time and, in either case, ends at the car sharing
145233 termination time;
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147234 9. “Car sharing start time ” or “start time” means the time when
148235 the shared vehicle becomes subject to the control of the shared
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149263 vehicle driver, at or after the time the reservation of a shared
150264 vehicle is scheduled to begin, as documented in the records of a
151265 peer-to-peer car sharing program; and
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153266 10. “Car sharing terminat ion time” or “termination time” means
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156268 a. the expiration of the agreed -upon period of time
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158270 to the terms of the car sharing program agreement, if
159271 the shared vehicle i s delivered to the location agreed
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162273 b. when the shared vehicle is returned to a location as
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165276 a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement, which
166277 alternatively agreed upon location shall be
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170280 c. when the shared vehicle owner, or the shared vehicle
171281 owner’s authorized designee, takes possession and
172282 control of the shared vehicle.
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174283 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
175284 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1052 of Title 47, unless there
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180313 A. A peer-to-peer car sharing pro gram shall assume liability,
181314 except as provided in subsection B of this section, of a shared
182315 vehicle owner for bodily injury or property damage to third parties
183316 or uninsured and underinsured motorist or personal injury protection
184317 losses during the car shar ing period, in an amount stated in the
185318 peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement, which shall not be less
186319 than those set forth in Section 7 -600 et seq. of Title 47 of the
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189321 B. Notwithstanding the definition of “car sharing termination
190322 time” as set forth in Section 2 of this act, the assumption of
191323 liability under subsection A of this section shall not apply to any
192324 shared vehicle owner when a shared vehicle owner:
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194325 1. Makes an intentional or fraudulent material
195326 misrepresentation or omission to the peer-to-peer car sharing
196327 program before the car sharing period in which the loss occurred; or
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198328 2. Acts in concert with a shared vehicle driver who fails to
199329 return the shared vehicle pursuant to the terms of the car sharing
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202331 C. Notwithstanding the definition of “car sharing termination
203332 time” as set forth in Section 2 of this act, the assumption of
204333 liability under subsection A of this section shall apply to bodily
205334 injury, property damage, uninsured and underinsured motorist or
206335 personal injury protection losses by damaged third parties required
207336 by Section 7-600 et seq. of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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209364 SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
210365 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1053 of Title 4 7, unless there
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213367 A. A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall ensure that, during
214368 each car sharing period, the shared vehicle owner and the shared
215369 vehicle driver are insured under a motor vehicle liab ility insurance
216370 policy that provides insurance coverage in amounts no less than the
217371 minimum amounts set forth in Section 7 -600 et seq. of Title 47 of
218372 the Oklahoma Statutes, and:
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222373 1. Recognizes that the shared vehicle insured under the policy
223374 is made available and used through a peer -to-peer car sharing
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229378 B. The insurance required under subsection A of this section
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241385 C. The insurance required in subsect ion B of this section, that
242386 is satisfying the requirement of subsection A of this section, shall
243387 be primary during each car sharing period , and in the event that a
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244415 claim occurs in another state with minimum financial responsibility
245416 limits higher than those provided pursuant to Section 7 -600 et seq.
246417 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, during the car sharing period,
247418 the coverage maintained under subsection E of this section shall
248419 satisfy the difference in minimum coverage amounts, up to the
249420 applicable policy limits.
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251421 D. The insurer, insurers, or peer -to-peer car sharing program
252422 providing coverage under subsection A or B of this section shall
253423 assume primary liability for a claim when:
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255424 1. A dispute exists as to who was in control of the shared
256425 motor vehicle at the time of the loss and the peer -to-peer car
257426 sharing program does not have available, did not retain, or fails to
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260428 2. A dispute exists as to whether the shared vehicle was
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266431 E. If insurance maintained by a shared vehicle owner or shared
267432 vehicle driver in accordance with subsection B of this section has
268433 lapsed or does not p rovide the required coverage, insurance
269434 maintained by a peer -to-peer car sharing program shall provide the
270435 coverage required by subsection A of this section beginning with the
271436 first dollar of a claim and shall have the duty to defend such claim
272437 except under circumstances as set forth in subsection B of Section 3
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275466 F. Coverage under an automobile insurance policy maintained by
276467 the peer-to-peer car sharing program shall not be dependent on
277468 another automobile insurer first denying a claim, nor shal l another
278469 automobile insurance policy be required to first deny a claim.
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280470 G. Nothing in the Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act shall:
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282471 1. Limit the liability of the peer -to-peer car sharing program
283472 for any act or omission of the program itself that resul ts in injury
284473 to any person as a result of the use of a shared vehicle through a
285474 peer-to-peer car sharing program; or
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288476 to, by contract, seek indemnification from the shared vehicle owner
289477 or the shared vehicle driver for economic loss sustained by the
290478 peer-to-peer car sharing program resulting from a breach of the
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293480 SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
294481 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1054 of Title 47, unless there
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297483 At the time a vehicle owner registers as a shared vehicle owner
298484 on a peer-to-peer car sharing program and prior to the time the
299485 shared vehicle owner makes a shared vehicle available for car
300486 sharing on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the program shall
301487 notify the shared vehicle owner that, if the shared vehicle has a
302488 lien against it, the use of the shared vehicle through a peer -to-
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303516 peer car sharing program, including use without physical damage
304517 coverage, may violate the terms of the contract with the lienholder.
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309519 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1055 of Title 47, unless there
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312521 A. An authorized insurer that writes motor vehicle liability
313522 insurance in this state may exclude any and all coverage and the
314523 duty to defend or indemnify for any claim afford ed under a shared
315524 vehicle owner’s motor vehicle liability insurance policy including,
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330532 B. Nothing in the Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act shall
331533 invalidate or limit an exclusion contained in a motor vehicle
332534 liability insurance policy including any insurance policy in use or
333535 approved for use, that excludes coverage for motor vehicles made
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336537 C. Nothing in the Peer -to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act
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338539 law to underwrite any insurance policy. Nothing in the Peer-to-Peer
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339567 Car Sharing Program Act invalidates, limits or restricts an
340568 insurer’s ability under existing law to cancel and non -renew
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344571 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1056 of Title 47, unless there
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348574 records pertaining to the use of a vehicle, including, but not
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352576 locations, fees paid by the shared vehicle driver and revenues
353577 received by the shared vehicle owner, and provide that informatio n
354578 upon request to the shared vehicle owner, the shared vehicle owner ’s
355579 insurer or the shared vehicle driver ’s insurer to facilitate a claim
356580 coverage investigation, settlement, negotiation or litigation. The
357581 peer-to-peer car sharing program shall retain th e records for a time
358582 period not less than the applicable personal injury statute of
359583 limitations.
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361584 SECTION 8. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
362585 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1057 of Title 47, unless there
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370618 SECTION 9. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
371619 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1058 of Title 47, unless there
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374621 A motor vehicle insurer that defends or indemnifies a claim
375622 against a shared vehicle that is excluded under the terms of its
376623 policy shall have the right to seek contribution against the motor
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380626 1. Made against the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle
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386630 SECTION 10. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
387631 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1059 of Title 47, unless there
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390633 A. Notwithstanding any other law, statute, rule or regulation
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397637 B. Nothing in this section shall create liability on a peer -to-
398638 peer car sharing program to maintain the coverage mandated by
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401667 C. A peer-to-peer car sharing program may own and maint ain as
402668 the named insured one or more policies of motor vehicle liability
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414675 SECTION 11. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
415676 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1060 of Title 47, unless there
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418678 Each car sharing program agreement made in this state shall
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424683 program resulting from a breach of the terms and conditions of the
425684 car sharing program agreement;
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427685 2. That a motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued to
428686 the shared vehicle owner for the shared vehicle, or to the shared
429687 vehicle driver, does not provide a defense or indemnification for
430688 any claim asserted by the peer -to-peer car sharing program;
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432689 3. That the peer-to-peer car sharing program’s insurance
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434718 is in effect only during each car sharing period and that, for any
435719 use of the shared vehicle by the shared vehicle driver after the car
436720 sharing termination time, the s hared vehicle driver and the shared
437721 vehicle owner may not have insurance coverage;
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454732 applicable coverage limits on a primary basis in order to book a
455733 shared motor vehicle.
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457734 SECTION 12. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
458735 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1061 of Title 47, unless there
459736 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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461737 A. A peer-to-peer car sharing program may not enter into a
462738 peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement with a dri ver unless the
463739 driver who will operate the shared vehicle:
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465767 1. Holds a driver license issued under Section 6 -101 et seq. of
466768 Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes that authorizes the driver to
467769 operate vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle;
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469770 2. Is a nonresident who:
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471771 a. has a driver license issued by the state or country of
472772 the driver’s residence that authorizes the driver in
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474774 of the shared vehicle, and
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476775 b. is at least the same age as that required of a
477776 resident to drive; or
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479777 3. Otherwise is specifically authorized by Section 6 -101 et
480778 seq. of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes to drive vehicles of the
481779 class of the shared vehicle.
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485780 B. A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall keep a record of:
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487781 1. The name and address of the shared vehicle driver;
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489782 2. The number of the driver license of the shared vehicle
490783 driver and each other person, if any, who will operate the shared
491784 vehicle; and
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493785 3. The place of issuance of the driver license.
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495786 SECTION 13. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
496787 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1062 of Title 47, unless there
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499789 A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall have sole
500790 responsibility for any equipment, such as a Global Positioning
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501818 System or other special equipment, that is put in or on the vehicle
502819 to monitor or facilitate the car sharing transaction, and shall
503820 agree to indemnify and hold harmless the vehicle owner for any
504821 damage to or theft of such equip ment during the sharing period not
505822 caused by the vehicle owner. The peer -to-peer car sharing program
506823 has the right to seek indemnity from the shared vehicle driver for
507824 any loss or damage to such equipment that occurs during the sharing
508825 period.
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510826 SECTION 14. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
511827 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1063 of Title 47, unless there
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514829 A. At the time a vehicle owner registers as a shared vehicle
515830 owner on a peer-to-peer car sharing program, and prior to the time
516831 when the shared vehicle owner makes a shared vehicle available for
517832 car sharing on the peer -to-peer car sharing program, the peer -to-
518833 peer car sharing program shall:
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520834 1. Verify that the shared vehicle does not have any safety
521835 recalls on the vehicle for which the repairs have not been made; and
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523836 2. Notify the shared vehicle owner of the requirements under
524837 subsection B of this section.
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528838 B. 1. If the shared vehicle owner has received an actual
529839 notice of a safety recall on the vehicle, a shared vehicle owner may
530840 not make a vehicle available as a shared vehicle on a peer -to-peer
531841 car sharing program until the safety recall repair has been made.
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534870 safety recall on a shared vehicle while the shared vehicle is made
535871 available on the peer -to-peer car sharing program, the shared
536872 vehicle owner shall remove the shared vehicle as available on the
537873 peer-to-peer car sharing program, as soon as practicably possible
538874 after receiving the notice of the safety recall and until the safety
539875 recall repair has been made.
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541876 3. If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a
542877 safety recall while the shared vehicle is being used in the
543878 possession of a shared vehic le driver, as soon as practicably
544879 possible after receiving the notice of the safety recall, the shared
545880 vehicle owner shall notify the peer -to-peer car sharing program
546881 about the safety recall so that the shared vehicle owner may address
547882 the safety recall re pair.
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549883 SECTION 15. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2011, Section 2110, as
550884 amended by Section 5, Chapter 316, O.S.L. 2012 (68 O.S. Supp. 2020,
551885 Section 2110), is amended to read as follows:
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553886 Section 2110. A. There is hereby levied a rental tax of six
554887 percent (6%) on the gross receipts of all motor vehicle rental
555888 agreements as provided in this section. This tax shall be levied on
556889 any rental agreement of ninety (90) days or less duration on any
557890 motor vehicle that is rented to a person by a business engaged in
558891 renting motor vehicles without a driver in Oklahoma, irrespective of
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560920 not apply to the following:
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562921 1. Any lease agreements;
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564922 2. Any truck or truck -tractor registered pursuant t o the
565923 provisions of Section 1120 or Section 1133 of Title 47 of the
566924 Oklahoma Statutes having a laden weight or a combined laden weight
567925 of eight thousand (8,000) pounds or more; or
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572927 provisions of Section 1133 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
573928 For purposes of this section, “vehicle” and “person” shall have the
574929 same meanings as defined in Section 2101 of this title ; or
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576930 4. Any shared vehicle upon the purchase of which applicable
577931 taxes were paid.
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579932 B. The rental tax specified in subsection A of this section
580933 shall be apportioned in the manner as provided in Section 2102 of
581934 this title.
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583935 C. A deduction from gross receipts for bad debts shall be
584936 allowed for the rental tax specified in subsection A of this
585937 section. For purposes of this section, “bad debts” shall have the
586938 same meaning as defined in Section 1366 of this title.
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588939 D. The tax hereby levied shall be collected from the person
589940 renting the vehicle or shared vehicle driver at the time of the
590941 payment of the rental agreement and shall be due and payable to the
591942 Oklahoma Tax Commission by the business engaged in renting these
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592970 vehicles or peer-to-peer car sharing program, but only with respect
593971 to shared vehicles upon the purchase of which applicable taxes w ere
594972 not paid, on the twentieth day of each month following the month in
595973 which payments for rental agreements subject to tax are made. The
596974 Tax Commission shall implement such rules and regulations and devise
597975 such forms as it deems necessary for the orderly collection of this
598976 tax and the excise tax and penalty provided for in paragraph 9 10 of
599977 Section 2105 of this title.
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601978 E. The provisions of this section shall not apply to state
602979 government entities.
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604980 F. As used in this section:
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606981 1. “Rental agreement” means an agreement of ninety (90) days or
607982 less duration on any motor vehicle that is rented to a person by a
608983 business engaged in renting motor vehicles without drivers in this
609984 state and includes those peer -to-peer car sharing agreements only
610985 involving shared veh icles for which the shared vehicle owner has not
611986 paid the applicable taxes upon purchase of the shared vehicle;
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616988 purchased in Oklahoma, motor vehicle excise taxes levied under
617989 Section 2103 of this title and sales taxes levied under Sections
618990 1354 and 1355 of this title. With respect to vehicles not purchased
619991 in Oklahoma, applicable taxes refers to the sales, use, excise or
620992 other tax generally due upon the purchase of a motor vehicle in the
621993 jurisdiction in which the shared vehicle was purchased;
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6241022 definition set forth in Section 2 of the Peer -to-Peer Car Sharing
6251023 Program Act;
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6271024 4. “Car sharing program agreement” shall have the same
6281025 definition set forth in Section 2 of the Peer -to-Peer Car Sharing
6291026 Program Act;
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6311027 5. “Shared vehicle” shall have the same definition set forth in
6321028 Section 2 of the Peer -to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act;
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6341029 6. “Shared vehicle owner” shall have the same definition set
6351030 forth in Section 2 of the Peer -to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act; and
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6371031 7. “Shared vehicle driver” shall have the same definition set
6381032 forth in Section 2 of the Peer -to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act.
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6401033 G. The Oklahoma Tax Commission is authorized to prescribe rules
6411034 and regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of this
6421035 section.
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6441036 SECTION 16. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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652- Presiding Officer of the Senate
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662-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
663-Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
664-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
665-By: _______________________________ __
666-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
667-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
668-
669- _________________________________
670- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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673-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
674-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
675-day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
676-By: _______________________________ __
1038+COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND COMMERCE, dated
1039+04/07/2021 - DO PASS.