| 1 | 1 | | BILL AS INTRODUCED H.188 |
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| 5 | 5 | | VT LEG #380254 v.1 |
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| 6 | 6 | | H.188 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Introduced by Representatives Nugent of South Burlington, Burkhardt of 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | South Burlington, Krasnow of South Burlington, and LaLonde 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | of South Burlington 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Date: 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Subject: Motor vehicles; commerce and trade; cancellation of purchase; return 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | of vehicle; study 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to create a study 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | committee to examine potential changes to permit a purchaser to return a 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | motor vehicle to a dealership within a limited time following its purchase. 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | An act relating to cancellation of motor vehicle purchases 12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 1. MOTOR VEHICLE PURCHASE CANCELLATION; STUDY 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | COMMITTEE; REPORT 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) Creation. There is created the Motor Vehicle Purchase Cancellation 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Study Committee to examine the possibility of amending Vermont’s laws to 17 |
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| 23 | 23 | | permit persons to cancel or rescind the purchase of a motor vehicle under 18 |
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| 24 | 24 | | certain circumstances. 19 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.188 |
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| 28 | 28 | | VT LEG #380254 v.1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) Membership. The Committee shall be composed of the following 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | members: 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or designee; 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) the Secretary of Transportation or designee; 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) the Commissioner for Children and Families or designee; 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (4) the Commissioner of Financial Regulation or designee; 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (5) the Attorney General or designee; 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (6) the Managing Director of the Vermont Vehicle and Automotive 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Distributors Association or designee; and 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (7) a member appointed by Vermont Legal Aid. 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (c) Powers and duties. The Committee shall examine the possibility of 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | amending Vermont’s laws to permit persons to cancel or rescind the purchase 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | of a motor vehicle under certain circumstances, including the following issues: 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) the legal rights for motor vehicle purchasers in Vermont to: 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (A) return a motor vehicle after it has been purchased and the 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | purchaser has taken possession of the vehicle; and 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) cancel a contract to purchase a motor vehicle prior to delivery of 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the vehicle; 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) potential changes to Vermont’s statutes to permit a motor vehicle 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | purchaser to: 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.188 |
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| 52 | 52 | | VT LEG #380254 v.1 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (A) return a motor vehicle after it has been purchased and the 1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | purchaser has taken possession of the vehicle; and 2 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (B) cancel a contract to purchase a motor vehicle prior to delivery of 3 |
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| 56 | 56 | | the vehicle; and 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (3) potential impacts on both motor vehicle purchasers and motor 5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | vehicle dealerships of the statutory changes identified pursuant to subdivision 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) of this subsection. 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (d) Assistance. The Committee shall have the administrative, technical, 8 |
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| 61 | 61 | | and legal assistance of the Department of Motor Vehicles. 9 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (e) Report. On or before January 15, 2026, the Committee shall submit a 10 |
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| 63 | 63 | | written report to the House Committee on Transportation and the Senate 11 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Committee on Transportation with its findings and any recommendations for 12 |
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| 65 | 65 | | legislative action. 13 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (f) Meetings. 14 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (1) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall call the first meeting of 15 |
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| 68 | 68 | | the Committee to occur on or before September 1, 2025. 16 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (2) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall be the chair of the 17 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Committee. 18 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (3) A majority of the membership shall constitute a quorum. 19 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (4) The Committee shall cease to exist on February 15, 2026. 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.188 |
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| 76 | 76 | | VT LEG #380254 v.1 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (g) Compensation and reimbursement. Members of the Committee who 1 |
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| 78 | 78 | | are not otherwise compensated for their attendance at meetings shall be entitled 2 |
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| 79 | 79 | | to per diem compensation and reimbursement of expenses as permitted under 3 |
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| 80 | 80 | | 32 V.S.A. § 1010 for not more than four meetings. These payments shall be 4 |
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| 81 | 81 | | made from monies appropriated to Agency of Transportation. 5 |
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| 82 | 82 | | Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 6 |
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| 83 | 83 | | This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025. 7 |
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