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HB 925 Towing; vehicles with expired registration, civil penalty.

Introduced by: Irene Shin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Towing; vehicles with expired registration; civil penalty. Requires a towing operator, defined in the bill, for a parking lot of a multifamily dwelling unit, defined in the bill, to post written notice on a vehicle providing at least 48 hours' notice to a resident prior to removing a resident's vehicle, defined in the bill, from such parking lot of the multifamily dwelling unit for an expired registration or expired vehicle inspection sticker and to provide a copy of such notice to the landlord of such multifamily dwelling unit. The bill provides that a towing operator who fails to comply with these requirements shall be required to reimburse the resident for the cost of the tow and shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Towing; vehicles with expired registration; civil penalty. Requires a towing operator for a parking lot of a multifamily dwelling unit, defined in the bill, to post written notice on a vehicle providing at least 48 hours' notice to a resident prior to removing a resident's vehicle, defined in the bill, from such parking lot of the multifamily dwelling unit for an expired registration or expired vehicle inspection sticker and to provide a copy of such notice to the landlord of such multifamily dwelling unit to transmit to the resident. The bill provides that a towing and recover operator or landlord who fails to comply with these requirements shall be required to reimburse the resident for the cost of the tow and provides that the towing operator shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Towing; vehicles with expired registration; civil penalty. Requires a landlord that owns the parking lot of a multifamily dwelling unit, defined in the bill, to provide 48 hours' notice to a resident prior to removing or requesting the removal of a resident's vehicle, defined in the bill, from such parking lot of the multifamily dwelling unit for an expired registration or expired vehicle inspection sticker and to provide a copy of such notice to any towing operator with whom the landlord has contracted to enforce towing in such parking lot. The bill provides that if a landlord fails to provide such notice or does not wait the required 48 hours before removing or requesting the removal of the vehicle, he shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $250. The bill also prohibits towing operators, having such notice, from towing such vehicle until after the 48 hours have passed.