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1999 SESSION
990247464Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 59.1-207.16 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 59.1-207.16. Action to be brought within certain time.
Any action brought under this chapter shall be commenced within the lemon law
rights period eighteen months following the date of original delivery of the
motor vehicle to the consumer; however. However, any consumer whose good faith
attempts to settle the dispute pursuant to the informal dispute settlement
provisions of § 59.1-207.15 have not resulted in the satisfactory correction or
repair of the nonconformity, replacement of the motor vehicle or refund to the consumer of the amount described in
subdivision 2 of subsection A of § 59.1-207.13 resolution of the matter, shall
have (i) twelve months from the date of the final action taken by the
manufacturer in its dispute settlement procedure, if such procedure was
properly initiated within eighteen months of delivery, or within the lemon law
rights (ii) the original eighteen-month period, whichever is longer, to file
an action in the proper court, provided the consumer has rejected the
manufacturer's final action.