CS for CS for SB 1394 Summary

• Defines "service patrol vehicle" and "driver-assistive truck platooning technology"; expands Move Over Act requirements to include service patrol vehicles displaying amber lights on roadsides.

• Creates qualified sobriety and drug monitoring pilot program effective October 1, 2016, in Fourth Judicial Circuit allowing courts to order monitoring as alternative to ignition interlock devices for certain DUI offenses.

• Increases timeframes for vehicle registration address changes from 20 to 30 days and driver license name/address changes from 10 to 30 days; increases specialty license plate minimum sales requirement from 1,000 to 4,000 vouchers.

• Authorizes deaf and hard of hearing individuals to display international symbol on driver licenses and identification cards for $1 fee; allows insurance companies to obtain salvage titles or destruction certificates 30 days after claim payment under specified conditions.

• Adds protections for motor vehicle dealers including prohibitions on chargebacks for customer exports/resales within 12 months, mandatory payments for loaner vehicles, and restrictions on requiring dealer purchases from manufacturer-designated vendors without approval alternatives.