Thursday, June 17, 1999
Updated 'lemon law' in effect in 90 days
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Bob Taft has signed into law a compromise version of legislation updating Ohio's “lemon law” governing the sale of vehicles.
The legislation extends the lemon law — which requires automakers to buy back defective vehicles — to leased vehicles and requires that vehicles returned to manufacturers be labeled “buybacks” on their titles to alert potential buyers. Manufacturers also would have to provide buyers with a list of the defects that trig gered the lemon law.
Mr. Taft signed the bill on Tuesday.
The version approved in the Senate last month adds an explanation of “buyback” to say a vehicle was returned to a manufacturer because it may not have met its warranty. The Senate also deleted language requiring owners of defective vehicles to give the automakers one last chance to fix the problem.
The House agreed with the Senate changes on May 19.
Sponsoring Rep. Donald Mottley, R-West Carrollton, had urged fellow lawmakers to reject the Senate version even though he liked the changes. He said the bill had attracted critics it did not have when it left the House — most notably, the automakers. They objected to the deletion of the “last-chance” language, saying it would lead to an increase in lawsuits and drive up prices.
Consumer activists wanted the word “lemon” placed on the title of buybacks.
Neither side got what it wanted in the new law.
The law goes into effect in 90 days.
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