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2011 SESSION

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HB 1696 Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; places limitations and conditions on relationship.

Introduced by: Clifford L. Athey, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers. Places limitations and conditions on the relationship between motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers. This bill is the same as SB 1191.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers.  Prohibits the requirement of site control agreements, franchise options, or advance voluntary termination as a condition of obtaining a franchise; protects motor vehicle dealers from requirements to construct improvements to replace recent improvements; clarifies the time within which a dealer may request a hearing in the event of a termination notice; prohibits the exercise of rights under a site control agreement, franchise options, or advance termination agreement that will result in the termination of the franchise of the dealer without a hearing to determine good cause if requested by the dealer; requires fair allocations of vehicles to same line-make dealers in the Commonwealth; requires a franchisor’s pecuniary interest in vendors that it designates; and requires that in any hearing on a petition filed by a dealer that the franchisor has the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence.