Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits direct or indirect ownership of motor vehicle service or repair facilities by motor vehicle manufacturers.

Highlights:

Highlights:

• Specifies “Successor Manufacturer” means a manufacturer that acquires, succeeds to, or assumes any part of the business of another manufacturer as the result of any of the following (Sec. 6.4):

• Change in ownership, operation, or control of a predecessor manufacturer;

• Termination, suspension, or cessation of business operations;

• Discontinuing sale of product line; or

• Chance in distribution systems of manufacturers.

• Prohibits a manufacturer from doing any of the following (Sec. 14.1):

• Adopts, changes, establishes, or implements an arbitrary or capricious plan to distribute motor vehicles to dealerships;

• Fails to advise or disclose allocation or distribution plans to dealerships;

• Refuses to deliver to a dealership within a reasonable time of the after receipt of the dealer’s order;

• Increases or reduces price after the sale of the vehicle. Does not apply to:

• Motor vehicle equipment

• Foreign-made vehicles or components

• Transportation charges

• Prohibits, prevents, or attempts to prevent new motor vehicle dealers from transferring a dealership to or naming a spouse, chile or executive manager as dealer successor (Sec.14.z).

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