No. HB 1363
Filed under Transportation.
Towing Undrivable Vehicles; Provides requirements when motor vehicle is undrivable due to motor vehicle crash; requires law enforcement officer or wrecker operator to provide specified information to driver of vehicle; requires wrecker operator storage facility to provide certain notification to owner of vehicle at specific intervals.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDWhen a crash leaves a vehicle undrivable, the driver gets a say in which wrecker operator tows it: a list to pick from if law enforcement is impounding the car, or the driver's own choice if it is not.
The officer and the wrecker operator must tell the driver the daily storage charge, the storage facility's phone number and email, and how to get the vehicle back.
If the vehicle sits at the storage facility, the owner must be notified in writing, by phone, and by text message at 14, 30, and 45 business days, warning that daily storage charges are accruing.
AIThe officer and the wrecker operator must tell the driver the per-day storage charge, the storage facility's phone number and email address, and how the owner can retrieve the vehicle.
AIThe storage facility must notify the vehicle's owner in writing by certified mail, by phone, and by text message at 14, 30, and 45 business days after the vehicle arrives, stating that it remains in storage and is accruing daily charges.
AIIf law enforcement is impounding the vehicle, the officer must give the driver a list of wrecker operators to pick from; otherwise the driver may call a wrecker operator of their own choice.