Bill Text: TX SB2279 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the ownership, control, or operation of a franchised or nonfranchised dealer or dealership by certain manufacturers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2017-05-08 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB2279 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2279-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Hancock | S.B. No. 2279 | |
| (In the Senate - Filed April 18, 2017; April 18, 2017, read | ||
| first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; | ||
| April 20, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, | ||
| Nays 0; April 20, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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| relating to the ownership, control, or operation of a franchised or | ||
| nonfranchised dealer or dealership by certain manufacturers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2301.476, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a-1) For purposes of this section, "type of motor vehicle" | ||
| means: | ||
| (1) a passenger car that is a motor vehicle or a | ||
| light-duty truck in Class 1, 2, or 3, other than a motorcycle or | ||
| motor-driven cycle, primarily used to transport persons and | ||
| designed to accommodate 10 or fewer passengers, including the | ||
| operator; | ||
| (2) a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle as defined by | ||
| Section 541.201, Transportation Code; | ||
| (3) an engine, transmission, or rear axle described by | ||
| Section 2301.002(23)(C); | ||
| (4) a truck, including a medium-duty or heavy-duty | ||
| truck that is in Class 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8; | ||
| (5) a bus that is a motor vehicle used to transport | ||
| persons and designed to accommodate more than 10 passengers, | ||
| including the operator; | ||
| (6) a road tractor or truck tractor as defined by | ||
| Section 541.201, Transportation Code; | ||
| (7) a fire-fighting vehicle; or | ||
| (8) a recreational vehicle, including a motor home, a | ||
| towable recreational vehicle, or a travel trailer or house trailer | ||
| as defined by Section 501.002, Transportation Code. | ||
| (c) Except as provided by this section, a manufacturer or | ||
| distributor may not directly or indirectly: | ||
| (1) own an interest in a franchised or nonfranchised | ||
| dealer or dealership that sells or services the same type of motor | ||
| vehicle that it manufactures or distributes; | ||
| (2) operate or control: | ||
| (A) a [ |
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| dealership franchised to sell or service the same type of motor | ||
| vehicle that it manufactures or distributes; or | ||
| (B) a nonfranchised dealer or dealership; or | ||
| (3) act in the capacity of: | ||
| (A) a [ |
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| dealership franchised to sell or service the same type of motor | ||
| vehicle that it manufactures or distributes; or | ||
| (B) a nonfranchised dealer. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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