Date: 02/20/2014
Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB14-1187
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, LABOR, ECONOMIC, & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
| Votes: View--> | Action Taken: |
| Refer House Bill 14-1187 to the Committee on Judic | PASS |
01:38 PM -- HB 14-1187
Representative Williams, chair, called the meeting to order. A quorum was present. Representative Swalm, sponsor, presented House Bill 14-1187, concerning consumer protection from excess damages for repair of rental vehicles. The bill limits the amount a rental company can recover in court from an authorized driver for damages to a rental motor vehicle to an amount reasonably and rationally related to the actual loss incurred. A rental company is required to mitigate damages where possible, not profit from the loss, charge no more than $100 to administer the claim, and limit the claim made for loss of use to the daily rental rate, multiplied by the estimated repair time, divided by eight. A rental company is prohibited from making a claim for loss of use if the rental motor vehicle is not repaired.
Representative Swalm discussed a recent Colorado Appellate Court case, Purco v. Koenig, and requested that the committee move the bill to the House Committee on Judiciary.
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| BILL: | HB14-1187 | |
| TIME: | 01:41:37 PM |
| MOVED: | Holbert |
| MOTION: | Refer House Bill 14-1187 to the Committee on Judiciary. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. |
| SECONDED: | Szabo |
| VOTE |
| Exum | Yes |
| Hamner | Yes |
| Holbert | Yes |
| Navarro | Yes |
| Nordberg | Yes |
| Rosenthal | Yes |
| Ryden | Yes |
| Szabo | Yes |
| Wright | Yes |
| Kraft-Tharp | Yes |
| Williams | Yes |
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Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |