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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1853 By: Paxton
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to consumer protection; creating the
66	66	Oklahoma Motor Vehicle Repair Consumer Protection
67	67	Act; providing short title; defin ing terms; providing
68	68	for consent of service work between parties;
69	69	requiring itemized bill of all fees and charges;
70	70	providing for contents of written estimate;
71	71	prohibiting certain rate and time limit for cer tain
72	72	service; providing for limit on admi nistrative fees;
73	73	requiring payment for storage regardless of purpose
74	74	of storage; providing allowed daily storage rates;
75	75	preventing accrual of rates under certain
76	76	circumstances; providing for written notice to be
77	77	provided by a motor vehicle repair facility within
78	78	certain time frame; requiring for fees to be posted
79	79	conspicuously to the public; preventing certain fee
80	80	increase; allowing certain fees to be accessed under
81	81	certain circumstances; providing for codification;
82	82	and providing an effective date.
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87	87	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
88	88	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
89	89	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 140.8 of Title 15, unless there
90	90	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as fo llows:
91	91	This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Motor
92	92	Vehicle Repair Consume r Protection Act”.
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144	144	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
145	145	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 140.9 of Title 15, unless there
146	146	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
147	147	As used in this act:
148	148	1. “Administrative charges” shall include, but not be limited
149	149	to, file creation; repair orders; vehicle travel; parts and vehicle
150	150	identification; software charges; communication with vehicle owners
151	151	and insurance representatives and any other party involved in the
152	152	repair or total loss determination ; pre-repair charges; prewashes;
153	153	COVID-19 or bio-cleaning; charges related to pre-repair diagnostic
154	154	scanning, photographs, electronic communic ations, parts
155	155	identification, and preparation of a repair plan; any charges for
156	156	work that is not a repair procedure for obtaining labor, parts, and
157	157	materials; securing removed parts ; relocating parts back in a
158	158	vehicle determined to be a total loss ; restocking fees; wrapping and
159	159	tarping; and moving vehicles from d ifferent locations;
160	160	2. “Customer” or “responsible party” means the owner, an agent
161	161	of the owner, a family member of the owner, an employee of the
162	162	power, insurance represe ntative, or any other perso n who is or will
163	163	be responsible for charges inc urred at a motor vehicle repair
164	164	facility as a result of repairs or charges incurred in d etermining a
165	165	total loss of a motor vehicle as provided for in Section 1250.8 of
166	166	Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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218	218	3. “Motor vehicle” means every self-propelled vehicle intended
219	219	primarily for use and operation on the p ublic streets and highways;
220	220	4. “Motor vehicle repair facili ty” or “garage” means any
221	221	commercial entity engaged in the business or occupation of
222	222	performing repairs on a motor vehi cle, including any re pairs or
223	223	replacement of body parts , and any mechanical repairs;
224	224	5. “Service work” means all repairs, maintenance, painting,
225	225	exterior body work, part replacements, evaluation to determine a
226	226	total loss motor vehicle, pre-repair evaluation to determine
227	227	anticipated service work to be performed, and diag nostic testing of
228	228	a motor vehicle performed after the repair process has commenced;
229	229	6. “Storage rates” means all charges and fees related to the
230	230	motor vehicle repair fa cility retaining act ual physical possession
231	231	of a motor vehicle during the time when the motor vehicle repair
232	232	facility exercises control, supervision, and responsi bility over the
233	233	motor vehicle; and
234	234	7. “Tear-down process” means the disassembly of a damaged motor
235	235	vehicle to a point where the motor vehicle repair facility can
236	236	identify the extent of the damage and generate an itemized estimate
237	237	for restoring the vehicle to its pre-loss condition.
238	238	SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
239	239	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 140.10 of Title 15, unless there
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292	292	A. No service work shall be performed by any motor vehicle
293	293	repair facility unless the motor vehicle repair facility obtains the
294	294	written consent or d ocumented verbal consent of the customer or
295	295	responsible party for the fees, charges, and costs, not including
296	296	any applicable sales ta xes, to be incurred by the customer or
297	297	responsible party prior to per forming the service wo rk.
298	298	B. Prior to performing the service work, the motor vehicle
299	299	repair facility shall prepare a written est imate of the proposed
300	300	service work with an itemization of all fees, charges, and cos ts for
301	301	the proposed service work, not including any appli cable sales taxes,
302	302	and an estimated date of the completion of the service work.
303	303	C. Prior to performi ng the service work, the motor vehicle
304	304	repair facility shall record on the written estimate the type of
305	305	communication, written or verbal, had with the customer or
306	306	responsible party and whether the customer or responsible party
307	307	consented to the proposed service work. The record shall include
308	308	the date, time, manner of consent , verbal or written, telephone
309	309	number called to speak with the customer or res ponsible party, if
310	310	any, and the names of the persons giving and receiving such consent.
311	311	D. The tear-down process shall neither excee d the billed rate
312	312	of Sixty Dollars ($60.00) per hour nor exceed a four-hour maximum
313	313	total time of completion. T he four-hour maximum total time of
314	314	completion for the tear -down process shall not be a flat r ate
315	315	charged by a motor vehicle repair facility, but shall be the time
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367	367	limit allowed, where necessary, based upon the amount of labor
368	368	required and difficulty of the evaluation of the specific motor
369	369	vehicle being assessed. Prior to per forming any of the tear-down
370	370	process, the motor vehicle repair facility shall provide a written
371	371	estimate to the customer or res ponsible party with an anticipated
372	372	duration of the tear -down process.
373	373	E. Administrative charges shall ne ither exceed the billed rate
374	374	of Sixty Dollars ($6 0.00) per hour nor exceed a four -hour maximum
375	375	total time of completion. The four -hour maximum total time of
376	376	completion for the administrative charges shall not be a flat rate
377	377	charged by a motor vehicle repair facility , but shall be the time
378	378	limit allowed, where necessary, based upon the amount of labor and
379	379	necessary supporting functions required for the r epair of the
380	380	specific motor vehicle being service d.
381	381	SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
382	382	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 140.11 of Title 15, unless there
383	383	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
384	384	Regardless of the manner of delivery of a motor vehicle to a
385	385	motor vehicle repair facility, whether a consensual or nonconsensual
386	386	delivery, or whether the service work is for a total loss vehicle or
387	387	a repairable vehicle , all administrative and no n-repair-related
388	388	fees, charges, and costs, not including any applicable sales taxes,
389	389	for storage to be incurred by the customer or responsible party for
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441	441	a single calendar day may be charged for any vehicle stored for a
442	442	portion of a twenty-four-hour period.
443	443	SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
444	444	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 140.12 of Title 15, unless there
445	445	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
446	446	A. The maximum daily inside storage rates allowed to be charge d
447	447	by a motor vehicle repair facility or garage for each twenty -four-
448	448	hour period, regardless of whether that twenty -four-hour period
449	449	extends over more than one calendar day, are as follows:
450	450	Type of Stored Vehicle Rate Per Each 24-hour
451	451	Period or Portion Thereof
452	452	Single vehicle: motorcycle, automobile,
453	453	or light truck up to 20 feet in length..........$39.00
454	454	Single vehicle or combination of vehicles
455	455	over 20 feet in length but less than 30
456	456	feet in length.................................. $47.00
457	457	Single vehicle or combination of vehicles
458	458	over 30 feet in length and up to 8 feet
459	459	in width...................................... ..$55.00
460	460	Single vehicle or combination of vehicles
461	461	over 30 feet in length and over 8 feet
462	462	in width........................................ $70.00
463	463	B. The maximum daily outside storage rates allowed to be
464	464	charged by a motor vehicle repair facil ity or garage for each
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517	517	period extends over more than one calendar day, are as follows:
518	518	Type of Stored Vehicle Rate Per Each 24-hour
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520	520	Single vehicle: motorcycle, automobile,
521	521	or light truck up to 20 feet i n length..........$24.00
522	522	Single vehicle or combination of vehicles
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524	524	feet in length.................................. $32.00
525	525	Single vehicle or combination of vehicl es
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528	528	Single vehicle or combination of vehicles
529	529	over 30 feet in length and over 8 feet
530	530	in width........................................ $55.00
531	531	C. Storage charges shall neither accrue nor be charged on motor
532	532	vehicles that are repaired.
533	533	D. Storage charges shall neither accrue nor be charged on any
534	534	motor vehicle deemed to be a total loss vehicle until the
535	535	determination has been made by t he customer or responsible part y
536	536	that the motor vehicle is a total loss vehicle. The total loss
537	537	determination date shall serve as the date upon which storage
538	538	charges shall start accruing.
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590	590	SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codif ied
591	591	in the Oklahoma Stat utes as Section 140.13 of Title 15, unless there
592	592	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
593	593	A. Each motor vehicle repair facility shall provide written
594	594	invoices and respond to requests for invoices concerning the pickup,
595	595	release, or delivery of a motor vehicle on its premises within eight
596	596	(8) business hours.
597	597	B. All fees, charges, and costs, not including any applicable
598	598	sales taxes, for service work, including minimum charges, shall be
599	599	conspicuously posted and visible to the public on the mot or vehicle
600	600	repair facility’s website or in writing in t he customer-accessible
601	601	portion of the motor vehicle repair facility where a customer or
602	602	responsible party would pay for service work in person if the
603	603	customer or responsible party was physically present at the motor
604	604	vehicle repair facility.
605	605	SECTION 7. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
606	606	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 140.14 of Title 15, unless there
607	607	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
608	608	A. A motor vehicle repair facility shall not increase any
609	609	charges assessed by a wrecker or towing service licensed by the
610	610	Department of Public Safety for a motor vehicle delivered to the
611	611	motor vehicle repair facility and shall only pa ss on those charges
612	612	without any markup. The charges asses sed by the wrecker or towing
613	613	service are consider ed a sublet item and the receiving of such is
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665	665	part of the administrative charges al lowed in paragraph 1 of Section
666	666	2 of this act.
667	667	B. A single additional fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) may be
668	668	charged for an Oklahoma Title 42 Possessory Lien process over and
669	669	above the allowed administrative charges only if the following
670	670	requirements have been met:
671	671	1. Documentation of the offic ial Oklahoma Title 42 Possessory
672	672	Lien filing has been provided to the motor vehicle ’s registered
673	673	owner in accordance with the proce dures mandated by the Oklahoma
674	674	Title 42 Possessory Lien process; and
675	675	2. Proof of notification that the official Oklahoma Title 42
676	676	Possessory Lien filing has be en provided to the motor vehicle’s
677	677	registered owner shall be documented and kep t by the filing person
678	678	or business, showing the motor vehicle’s registered owner address,
679	679	date upon which notification was made, and manner of notification
680	680	made to the motor vehicle’s registered owner.
681	681	SECTION 8. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024 .
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