(a) At the time when a vehicle owner registers as a shared car owner on a peer-to-peer car-sharing program, prior to the time when the shared car owner makes a shared car available for peer-to-peer car-sharing on the peer-to-peer car-sharing program and no more than forty-eight hours before the car-sharing start time, the peer-to-peer car-sharing program shall:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-8

  • Car-sharing start time: means the time the shared car driver obtains operation, use, or control of a shared car through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Peer-to-peer car-sharing: means the operation, use, or control of a motor vehicle by an individual other than the motor vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Shared car: means a motor vehicle that is registered pursuant to chapter 286 and is not owned, controlled, operated, maintained, or managed by or registered, directly or indirectly through an affiliate, to the peer-to-peer car-sharing program and is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Shared car driver: means an individual who has been authorized to drive the shared car by the shared car owner under a car-sharing program agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Shared car owner: means the registered owner of a shared car. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
(1) Verify that no safety recalls exist for the make and model of the shared car for which repairs have not been made;
(2) Notify the shared car owner of the requirements under subsection (b); and
(3) Not make the shared car available for use through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program if the shared car owner or peer-to-peer car-sharing program has received notice or is aware of a safety recall on the shared car, until the safety repair has been made.
(b) A shared car owner shall:

(1) Remove any shared car listed for use through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program upon receipt of a notice of a safety recall as soon as practicably possible but no longer than seventy-two hours after receipt of notice of a safety recall; and
(2) Notify the peer-to-peer car-sharing program of a safety recall when the shared car is in the possession of a shared car driver so that the peer-to-peer car-sharing program may notify the shared car driver and the shared car may be removed from use until the shared car owner effects the necessary safety recall repair.