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        February 20, 2013

Madam Speaker:

    The Transportation Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 127, MOTOR VEHICLE EVENT DATA RECORDERS, by Representative D. Lifferth, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 9 through 10 :    

             9          This bill modifies the

{   Traffic Code   }        Motor Vehicle Act       by enacting provisions relating to event data

             10      recorders in motor vehicles.

2.    Page 2, Lines 28 through 37 :    

             28      the data may be stored and transmitted
{   ;   }        .      

             29          
{   .    provides that event data on a motor vehicle event data recorder does not become the

             30      property of the lienholder or insurer solely because the lienholder or insurer
             31      succeeds in ownership of a motor vehicle as a result of an accident;
             32          .    provides that an insurer may not condition the payment or settlement of an owner's
             33      claim on the owner's consent to the retrieval or use of the event data on a motor
             34      vehicle event data recorder; and     
             35          .    provides that an insurer or lessor of a motor vehicle may not require an owner to
             36      consent to the retrieval or use of the data on a motor vehicle event data recorder as a
             37      condition of providing the policy or lease.   }

3.    Page 2, Line 47 :    

             47          
{   41-1a-1504, Utah Code Annotated 1953   }

4.    Page 3, Lines 84 through 85 :    

             84          (b) If a motor vehicle is owned by more than one person,
{   all owners must   }        only one owner is required to       consent to

             85      the retrieval or use of the data from a motor vehicle event data recorder.

5.    Page 5, Lines 122 through 131 :    

             122          
{   Section 4. Section 41-1a-1504 is enacted to read:

             123          41-1a-1504. Effect of ownership transfer on ownership of data.
             124          (1) Event data on a motor vehicle event data recorder does not become the property of
             125      the lienholder or insurer solely because the lienholder or insurer succeeds in ownership of a
             126      motor vehicle as a result of an accident.
             127          (2) An insurer may not condition the payment or settlement of an owner's claim on the
             128      owner's consent to the retrieval or use of the event data on a motor vehicle event data recorder.
             129          (3) An insurer or lessor of a motor vehicle may not require an owner to consent to the
             130      retrieval or use of the data on a motor vehicle event data recorder as a condition of providing
             131      the policy or lease.   }

    Respectfully,

    Johnny Anderson
    Committee Chair

Voting: 11-0-0
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