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IN HB1119
Bill
Status
1/7/2019
Primary Sponsor
Michael Karickhoff
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AI Summary
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Defines "car facilitation company" as a business that facilitates peer-to-peer rentals of privately owned passenger vehicles for noncommercial use, similar to platforms like Turo
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Subjects car facilitation companies to the same taxes as traditional rental car companies, including the 4% state auto rental excise tax and 2% county supplemental taxes in Marion and Vanderburgh counties
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Requires car facilitation companies to verify vehicles are not subject to unrepaired safety recalls before listing them for rental
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Requires vehicle owners to remove their car from peer-to-peer rental platforms within 72 hours of receiving a safety recall notice and prohibits re-listing until repairs are completed
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Extends financial responsibility and insurance verification exemptions to drivers operating vehicles rented through car facilitation companies, treating them the same as traditional rental car customers
Legislative Description
Peer to peer car rentals. Specifies that a car facilitation company is a company facilitating the noncommercial use of a privately owned passenger motor vehicle by a person other than the vehicle's registered owner. Provides that a car facilitation company is treated the same as a car rental company under the trade regulation statutes and for purposes of the state gross retail and use tax, the state auto rental excise tax, and the Marion County and Vanderburgh County car rental excise taxes. Specifies requirements related to a car facilitation transaction and vehicle safety recalls. Makes conforming amendments.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation
1/7/2019