A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify definitions and remedies under the motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers licensing laws.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑286(10) reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑286.  Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this Article:
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(10)	Motor vehicle. – Any motor propelled vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, required to be registered under the laws of this State.
a.	"New motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle:1.	Which has never been the subject of a sale other than between new motor vehicle dealers or between the manufacturer and dealer of the same franchise; or
2.	Which is offered for sale by a new motor vehicle dealer and the vehicle's odometer mileage is 1,000 miles or less.
For the purposes of this Article, a motor vehicle that has previously been the subject of a sale by a new motor vehicle dealer may nonetheless be considered new and represented to the public as a new motor vehicle, so long as the vehicle's odometer mileage does not exceed 1,000 miles:
I.	Whether that sale was conditional or unconditional;
II.	Whether or not documents transferring title to the vehicle were executed and submitted to the Division; or 
III.	Whether or not the title to the vehicle was transferred. 
b.	"Used motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle other than described in paragraph (10)a above."
SECTION 2. G.S. 20‑348 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(c)	A person claiming injury or damage as a result of any of the following shall elect between the remedies provided under subsection (a) of this section and the remedies afforded by other statutes and under the common law:
(1)	Actions or conduct violating this Article.
(2)	A violation of G.S. 20‑71.4.
(3)	Arising out of the sale, maintenance, or repair of a motor vehicle.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.