Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 190.046 to define "parts," "qualifying repair," "qualifying repair order," "repair order," "warranty," and "warranty work"; establish requirements for dealer performance of warranty work, including time allowances, labor rates, parts markups, and payment procedures and terms.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, with the following exceptions: delete definition for "parts"; prohibit a manufacturer from establishing an unduly burdensome process for submission of repair orders or providing payment; establish that requiring receipts and customer signatures is not unduly burdensome; set forth time frames for manufacturers and distributors to respond to properly submitted dealer claims and conditions under which a manufacturer or distributor are exempt from those time frames; establish procedures by which dealers' labor rates are calculated; make technical corrections.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- S. Rudy

Summary Exclude “limited customer incentives” from the definition of “warranty work” as it relates to service contracts; add "breach of warranty or contract, fraud, or consumer protection" to the exceptions in the indemnification section; limit indemnification to manufacturer directed warranty work; add exception language to the restrictions against manufacturers or distributors requiring a warranty term, policy, or procedure different from statute; add exception language to the restrictions against reducing payments relative to market norms and averages.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- J. Payne

Summary Amend KRS 189.222 to allow vehicles with a gross weight of up to 90,000 pounds transporting fluid milk from a farm to the first market to operate on any state highway; allow for a 10% weight tolerance; establish exceptions and limitations; amend KRS 189.010 to include fluid milk products in the definition of "nondivisible load" as it pertains to the roads that are a part of the national truck network; amend KRS 189.270 to allow overweight permits for the transportation of fluid milk products up to a gross weight of 100,000 pounds; amend KRS 189.2717 to allow annual overweight permits along a specified route for the transportation of fluid milk products up to a gross weight of 100,000 pounds; amend KRS 189.221 to conform.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 3 -- J. Payne

Summary Make title amendment.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 190.046
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 190.046
Current: 190.046