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IN SB0227
Bill
Status
1/3/2019
Primary Sponsor
Erin Houchin
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AI Summary
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Defines "car facilitation company" as a business facilitating the rental or sharing of privately owned passenger vehicles for noncommercial use by someone other than the registered owner (e.g., peer-to-peer car sharing platforms like Turo)
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Subjects car facilitation companies to the same taxes as traditional rental car companies: 4% state auto rental excise tax, state gross retail and use tax, and county supplemental auto rental excise taxes in Marion County (up to 4%) and Vanderburgh County (2%)
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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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Prohibits vehicle owners from making recalled vehicles available through car sharing platforms until repairs are completed; owners must remove vehicles within 72 hours if recall notice is received while vehicle is listed
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Effective date of July 1, 2019
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 Homeland Security and Transportation
1/3/2019