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SB1333: Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; transfer or discontinuation of manufacturing rights.
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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-1570 of the Code of Virginia, relating to motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; franchises; discontinuation of manufacturing rights. [S 1333] Approved
1. That § 46.2-1570 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-1570. Discontinuation of distributors.
A. If the contract between a distributor and a manufacturer or importer is terminated or otherwise discontinued, all franchises granted to motor vehicle dealers in Virginia by that distributor shall continue in full force and shall not be affected by the discontinuance, except that the manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, representative, or other person who undertakes to distribute motor vehicles of the same line-make or the same motor vehicles of a re named renamed line-make shall be substituted for the discontinued distributor under the existing motor vehicle dealer franchises and those franchises shall be modified accordingly.
B. If a manufacturer or factory branch (i) (a) discontinues its right to manufacture a line-make of motor vehicles or (b) sells or otherwise transfers its right to manufacture a line-make of motor vehicles to another manufacturer or factory branch that will manufacture motor vehicles of the same line-make and (ii) the acquiring manufacturer or factory branch does not honor the existing franchise agreements of motor vehicle dealers in Virginia of the same line-make, such discontinuation, sale, or transfer shall constitute a termination of the franchise pursuant to subdivisions 5b and 5c of § 46.2-1569 and such motor vehicle dealers shall be entitled to compensation pursuant to those subdivisions.
SENATE BILL NO. 1333 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Transportation on January 23, 2019) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Cosgrove) A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1570 of the Code of Virginia, relating to motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; franchises; discontinuation of manufacturing rights.
SENATE BILL NO. 1333 Offered January 9, 2019 Prefiled January 8, 2019 A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1570 of the Code of Virginia, relating to motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; franchises; discontinuation of manufacturing rights.
Patron-- Cosgrove
§ 46.2-1570. Transfer or discontinuation of distributors and manufacturers.
If a manufacturer or factory branch sells or otherwise transfers its right to manufacture or distribute a line-make of motor vehicles, or discontinues its right to manufacture or distribute a line-make of motor vehicles and another manufacturer or factory branch manufactures or distributes motor vehicles of the same line-make or the same motor vehicles of a re-named line-make, or if the contract between a distributor or distributor branch and a manufacturer or importer is terminated or otherwise discontinued, all franchises granted to motor vehicle dealers in Virginia by that manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch shall continue in full force and shall not be affected by the transfer, termination, or discontinuance, except that the manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, representative, or other person who undertakes to manufacture or distribute motor vehicles of the same line-make or the same motor vehicles of a re-named line-make shall be substituted for the discontinued manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch under the existing motor vehicle dealer franchises, and those franchises shall be modified accordingly.
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