Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 27-8.3 - Peer-To-Peer Car Sharing Program [Effective April 1, 2023.]
Section 27-8.3-14. - Automobile safety recalls. [Effective April 1, 2023.]

§ 27-8.3-14. Automobile safety recalls. [Effective April 1, 2023.]
(a) At the time when a vehicle owner registers as a shared vehicle owner on a peer-to-peer car sharing program and prior to the time when the shared vehicle owner makes a shared vehicle available for car sharing on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the peer-to-peer car sharing program shall:
(1) Verify that the shared vehicle does not have any safety recalls on the vehicle for which the repairs have not been made; and
(2) Notify the shared vehicle owner of the requirements under subsection (b) of this section.
(b)(1) If the shared vehicle owner has received an actual notice of a safety recall on the vehicle, a shared vehicle owner may not make a vehicle available as a shared vehicle on a peer-to-peer car sharing program until the safety recall repair has been made.
(2) If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall on a shared vehicle while the shared vehicle is made available on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the shared vehicle owner shall remove the shared vehicle as available on the peer-to-peer car sharing program, as soon as practicably possible after receiving the notice of the safety recall and until the safety recall repair has been made.
(3) If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall while the shared vehicle is being used in the possession of a shared vehicle driver, as soon as practicably possible after receiving the notice of the safety recall, the shared vehicle owner shall notify the peer-to-peer car sharing program about the safety recall in order that the shared vehicle owner may address the safety recall repair.
History of Section.P.L. 2022, ch. 427, § 1, effective April 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 428, § 1, effective April 1, 2023.

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