Bill Text: WV HB4494 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizing certain motor vehicle manufacturers to operate as new car dealers
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-10 - On 1st reading, House Calendar [HB4494 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2018-HB4494-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2018 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4494
By Delegates Byrd, Cowles, Miley, Shott, Pushkin, Harshbarger, Rowe, McGeehan, Robinson, Ward and Queen
[Introduced February 12,
2018; Referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §17A-6-1c, relating to authorizing certain motor vehicle manufacturers to operate as new car dealers.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
§17A-6-1c. Authorizing manufacturer direct sales of motor vehicles.
Notwithstanding any other code provision to the contrary, a manufacturer may be licensed and operate as a new motor vehicle dealer in this state if the manufacturer:
(1) Has been manufacturing zero emissions motor vehicles since at least 2008;
(2) Manufactures or assembles zero emissions motor vehicles exclusively and has never sold its line make of motor vehicles in this state through a franchised new motor vehicle dealer; and
(3) Has not acquired a controlling interest in a franchisor or a subsidiary or other entity controlled by a franchisor, or sold or transferred a controlling interest in such manufacturer to a franchisor or subsidiary or other entity controlled by such franchisor.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize certain zero emission motor vehicle manufacturers to operate as new car dealers in West Virginia.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
