Vehicle equipment

A peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall have sole responsibility for any equipment, such as a global positioning system or other special equipment, that is put in or on the vehicle to monitor or facilitate the car-sharing transaction and shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless the shared vehicle owner for any damage to or theft of such equipment during the car-sharing period not caused by such owner. The peer-topeer car-sharing program shall have the right to seek indemnity from the shared vehicle driver for any loss or damage to such equipment that occurs during the car-sharing period. 148 40-1-230 IDENTIFICATION & REGULATION History. Code 1981, § 40-1-230, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 310, § 2/HB 337; Ga. L. 2024, p. 1052, § 4(15)/SB 448, effective July 1, 2024. Amendments. The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, part of an Act to revise, modern- 40-1-231 ize, and correct the Code, substituted “global positioning system” for “GPS system” in the first sentence. 40-1-231. Prerequisites for sharing vehicles; impact of safety recalls. (a) At the time a vehicle owner registers as a shared vehicle owner on a peer-to-peer car-sharing program and before the shared vehicle owner makes the vehicle available for sharing on such program, the peer-topeer car-sharing program shall: (1) Verify that the shared vehicle does not have any safety recalls on the vehicle for which the repairs have not been made; and (2) Notify the shared vehicle owner of the requirements under subsection (b) of this Code section. (b)(1) If the shared vehicle owner has received an actual notice of a safety recall on the vehicle, a shared vehicle owner may not make a vehicle available as a shared vehicle on a peer-to-peer car-sharing program unless and until such safety recall repair has been made. (2) If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall on a shared vehicle while the shared vehicle is made available on the peer-to-peer car-sharing program, the shared vehicle owner shall remove such shared vehicle as available on the peer-to-peer car-sharing program, as soon as practicably possible after receiving the notice of the safety recall and until the safety recall repair has been made. (3) If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall while the shared vehicle is being used in the possession of a shared vehicle driver, as soon as practicably possible after receiving such notice of the safety recall, the shared vehicle owner shall notify the peer-to-peer car-sharing program regarding such safety recall so that the shared vehicle owner may address the safety recall repair. History. Code 1981, § 40-1-231, enacted by Ga. L. 2020, p. 310, § 2/HB 337. 149 T.40, C.2 MOTOR VEHICLES & TRAFFIC T.40, C.2 CHAPTER 2 REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES Sec. Article 1 General Provisions Sec. 40-2-1. 40-2-2. 40-2-3. 40-2-4. 40-2-5. 40-2-6. 40-2-6.1. 40-2-7. 40-2-8. 40-2-8.1. 40-2-9. 40-2-10. 40-2-11. Definitions.