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  • (1)
    • (a) "Event data" means records of one or more of the following categories of information regarding a motor vehicle that are captured by an event data recorder:
      • (i) whether the vehicle's air bag deployed;
      • (ii) vehicle speed;
      • (iii) vehicle steering performance;
      • (iv) vehicle brake performance or use; or
      • (v) vehicle seatbelt status or use.
    • (b) "Event data" does not include audio and video data.
  • (2) "Event data recorder" has the same meaning as defined in 49 C.F.R. Sec. 563.5 as in effect on May 14, 2013.
  • (3)
    • (a) "Owner" means:
      • (i) a person having all the incidents of ownership of a motor vehicle, including legal title to the motor vehicle;
      • (ii) a person entitled to possession of a motor vehicle as the purchaser under a security agreement; or
      • (iii) a person entitled to possession of a motor vehicle as a lessee under a written lease agreement if the lease agreement is intended to last for more than three months at its inception.
    • (b) "Owner" does not include a lienholder unless the lienholder gains possession of the motor vehicle because the person entitled to possession of a motor vehicle as the purchaser under a security agreement defaults on the loan.




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