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31	28		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33	30		1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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35	32		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
36	33		FOR ENGROSSED
37	34		SENATE BILL NO. 641 By: Paxton of the Senate
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45	42		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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47	44		An Act relating to motor vehicle repair; creating the
48	45		Oklahoma Motor Vehicle Consumer Protection Act;
49	46		providing short title; defining terms; establishing
50	47		certain hourly market rate for labor ; directing
51	48		Insurance Department to adjust certain hourly market
52	49		rate for labor; prohibiting certain administrative
53	50		charges from exceeding certain amount; establishing
54	51		certain maximum daily storage rate s; authorizing
55	52		certain increase in certain maximum daily storage
56	53		rates; providing certain exceptions; requiring
57	54		certain written invoice; allowing adjustment of
58	55		certain maximum daily storage rates; providing for
59	56		codification; and providing an effective date.
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65	62		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
66	63		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
67	64		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1271 of Title 36, unless there
68	65		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
69	66		This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Motor
70	67		Vehicle Consumer Protection Act ”.
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98	94		SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
99	95		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1272 of Title 36, unless there
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101	97		As used in this act:
102	98		1. “Administrative charges ” shall include, but not be limited
103	99		to, the cost of:
104	100		a. file creation,
105	101		b. repair orders,
106	102		c. vehicle travel on a customary standard drivable
107	103		rolling vehicle,
108	104		d. vehicle identification,
109	105		e. software charges,
110	106		f. communication with vehicle owners and insurance
111	107		representatives and any other party involved in the
112	108		repair or total loss de termination,
113	109		g. prewashes,
114	110		h. COVID-19 cleaning or bio-cleaning,
115	111		i. charges related to photographs and electronic
116	112		communications,
117	113		j. charges for work that is not for obtaining labor,
118	114		parts, and materials,
119	115		k. securing removed parts, and
120	116		l. relocating parts back into a vehicle determined to be
121	117		a total loss;
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149	144		2. “Auto body repair” means all auto body repair shop repairs,
150	145		maintenance, painting, exterior body work, part replacements,
151	146		assessment, and diagnostic testing provided to an insurance company
152	147		to determine a motor vehicle total loss;
153	148		3. “Auto body repair shop ” means any commercial entity engaged
154	149		in the business or occupation of performing auto body repairs on the
155	150		body of a motor vehicle;
156	151		4. “Insurance company” means the person or entity responsible
157	152		for charges incurred by the insured at an auto body repair shop as a
158	153		result of repairs or charges incurred in determining a total loss of
159	154		a motor vehicle as provided for in Section 1250.8 of Title 36 of the
160	155		Oklahoma Statutes;
161	156		5. “Motor vehicle” means the same as defined in Section 1 -134
162	157		of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
163	158		6. “Owner” means the owner of the vehicle; and
164	159		7. “Storage rates” means all charges and fees related to the
165	160		auto body repair shop retaining actual physical possession of a
166	161		motor vehicle during the time when the auto body repair shop
167	162		exercises control, supervision, care, security, protection, and
168	163		responsibility over the motor vehicle .
169	164		SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
170	165		in the Oklahoma Statutes as S ection 1273 of Title 36, unless there
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199	193		A. Upon the effective date of this act, the hourly market rate
200	194		for labor for administrative charges as defined in Section 2 of this
201	195		act, as the rate relates to total loss vehicles, shall be in
202	196		accordance with the prevailing market price determined pursuant to
203	197		subsection H of Section 1250.8 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
204	198		The Insurance Commissioner may adjust the hourly market rate for
205	199		labor to account for inflation annually beginning on January 1,
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207	201		conducted pursuant to Section 365:15-1-26 of the Oklahoma
208	202		Administrative Code.
209	203		B. Administrative charges, as such charges relate to total loss
210	204		vehicles, shall not exceed the hourly market rate for labor pursuant
211	205		to this section and may only be billed up to four (4) hours.
212	206		SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
213	207		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1274 of Title 3 6, unless there
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215	209		A. The maximum daily storage rate allowed to be charged by an
216	210		auto body repair shop for a motor vehicle total loss for each
217	211		calendar day, for the first ten (10) calendar days the veh icle is in
218	212		the possession of the shop, shall be Thirty -nine Dollars ($39.00)
219	213		for all motor vehicles of any size, including marine vessels , and
220	214		Seventy-eight Dollars ($78.00) for fully electric vehicles with
221	215		collision damages, if the vehicle is stored pursu ant to the Original
222	216		Equipment manufacturer requirements .
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250	243		B. On the eleventh calendar day, the maximum daily storage rate
251	244		may increase to Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) per calendar day for
252	245		all motor vehicles of any size, include marine vessels, and to Two
253	246		Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per calendar day for fully electric
254	247		vehicles with collision damage, if the vehicle is stored pursuant to
255	248		the Original Equipment manufacturer requirements , if the estimate or
256	249		supplement on total loss vehicles is not approved by the insurance
257	250		company within the first seven (7) days and the auto body repair
258	251		shop has a written record showing the date, time, and type of
259	252		communication made to the insurance company requesting such
260	253		supplementals. Requests for supplementals to determine a total loss
261	254		shall be made before the tenth day following the request.
262	255		C. The provisions of subsection s A and B of this section shall
263	256		not apply to vehicles in which the damage to the vehicle
264	257		necessitates indoor storage and the insurance company has approved
265	258		indoor storage of the vehicle in advance at an agreed rate.
266	259		D. Each auto body repair shop shall provide written invoices
267	260		and respond to requests for invoices concerning the pickup, release,
268	261		or delivery of a motor vehicle on its premises to the insurance
269	262		company within eight (8) business hours.
270	263		E. The maximum daily storage rate set forth in this section
271	264		shall apply to direct repair programs.
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299	291		F. The maximum daily storage rate may be increased. Such
300	292		adjustment shall be made based on the market surveys con ducted
301	293		pursuant to Section 365:15-1-26 of the Oklahoma Administrative Code.
302	294		SECTION 5. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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304		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEV ELOPMENT
305		-	OVERSIGHT, dated 04/16/2025 - DO PASS, As Amended.
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