Nevada salvage vehicle bill passes Senate, Assembly

The Automotive Service Association (ASA) urged Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons to veto Nevada Senate Bill 360, the Salvaged Vehicles Act, because it is anti-consumer and not in the best interests of the collision repair industry.

The act revises provisions governing the sale and title of salvage vehicles. Specifically, it authorizes persons other than licensed automotive professionals to purchase vehicles from salvage pools.

ASA opposes the legislation because:
• it will allow potentially unsafe vehicles on Nevada’s highways;
• it will allow untrained, ill-equipped and unregulated individuals to purchase these vehicles and attempt to repair or dismantle them;
• unregulated purchasers of these vehicles will threaten the environment with the handling of hazardous materials; and
• it will encourage automotive theft via vehicle identification number switching.

The Nevada Senate and Assembly passed SB 360 and it will become law if Gibbons signs the bill. ASA encourages collision repairers in Nevada to contact Gibbons’ office and ask the governor to veto SB 360.

To see the text of Nevada SB 360, visit ASA’s legislative Web site at www.TakingTheHill.com.