Motor Vehicle Dealers And Salesmen
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Law - Dealers' Facilities - Internet Locations [HB-1078]
Defining "dealer's facility" and "dealership facility" to include any Internet location where a dealer conducts the business authorized by its license, for purposes of specified prohibitions on the coercion of motor vehicle dealers by motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/16/2015
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Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers, Distributors, Factory Branches, and Affiliates - Relationship With Dealers [SB-687]
Prohibiting, except under specified circumstances, a manufacturer, distributor, factory branch, or affiliate from requiring or coercing a dealer to purchase specified goods or services from specified vendors under specified circumstances; requiring a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch licensed in the State to specify in writing to its motor vehicle dealers specified dealer obligations and specified information relating to the compensation of dealers for parts and labor; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Gladden
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 326 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Commission - Establishment [SB-536]
Establishing the Motor Vehicle Commission in the Department of Transportation; transferring the authority of the Motor Vehicle Administration concerning dealer licenses, manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch licenses, and vehicle salesman licenses to the Commission; specifying the membership of the Commission; specifying the appointment of, qualifications of, restrictions imposed on, and term limits for members of the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/18/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Charles County - Sunday Car Sales Blue Law Exemption - Enabling Authority [SB-344]
Authorizing the Charles County Commissioners, after a public hearing, to adopt an ordinance authorizing a new or used car dealer in Charles County to sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motor vehicle or certificate of title for a motor vehicle on Sunday.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Commission - Establishment [HB-941]
Establishing the Motor Vehicle Commission in the Department of Transportation; transferring the authority of the Motor Vehicle Administration concerning dealer licenses, manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch licenses, and vehicle salesman licenses to the Commission; specifying the membership of the Commission; specifying the appointment of, qualifications of, restrictions imposed on, and term limits for members of the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Schuh
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Charles County - Sunday Car Sales Blue Law Exemption - Enabling Authority [HB-344]
Authorizing the Charles County Commissioners, after a public hearing, to adopt an ordinance authorizing a new or used car dealer in Charles County to sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motor vehicle or certificate of title for a motor vehicle on Sunday.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 395 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers, Distributors, Factory Branches, and Affiliates - Relationship With Dealers [HB-290]
Prohibiting, except under specified circumstances, a manufacturer, distributor, factory branch, or affiliate from requiring, attempting to require, coercing, or attempting to coerce a dealer to purchase specified goods or services from specified vendors under specified circumstances; requiring a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch licensed in the State to specify in writing to its motor vehicle dealers specified information relating to the compensation of dealers for parts and labor; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Frush
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters; Withdrawn on 02/10/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers, Distributors, Factory Branches, and Affiliates - Relationship With Dealers [HB-1275]
Prohibiting, except under specified circumstances, a manufacturer, distributor, factory branch, or affiliate from requiring or coercing a dealer to purchase specified goods or services from specified vendors under specified circumstances; requiring a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch licensed in the State to specify in writing to its motor vehicle dealers specified dealer obligations and specified information relating to the compensation of dealers for parts and labor; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers, Distributors, and Factory Branches - Relationship with Dealers [SB-886]
Prohibiting, except under specified circumstances, a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch from requiring, attempting to require, coercing, or attempting to coerce a dealer to purchase specified goods or services from specified vendors; requiring a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch licensed in the State to specify in writing to its motor vehicle dealers information relating to the compensation of dealers for parts and labor; establishing requirements for the compensation of dealers with respect to parts and labor; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Norman Stone
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/05/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Worcester County - Motor Scooters and Mopeds - Special Dealer Decals [SB-472]
Authorizing a motor scooter or moped dealer in Worcester County to apply to the Motor Vehicle Administration for the issuance of special dealer decals; authorizing a motor scooter or moped dealer in Worcester County that attaches a special dealer decal to specified motor scooters or mopeds to, as authorized by law, drive the motor scooters or mopeds on a highway or allow, for demonstration purposes, a prospective buyer to drive the motor scooters or mopeds on a highway; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Third Reading Passed (43-0) on 04/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers, Distributors, and Factory Branches - Retaliation Against Dealers [SB-249]
Prohibiting a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch from retaliating against a specified vehicle dealer because of legislation enacted by the General Assembly that regulates the franchise relationship.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennie Forehand
Third Reading Failed (20-25) on 04/01/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Cancellation of Sales of Motor Vehicles and Internet Sales [SB-116]
Requiring specified sellers to provide buyers of specified motor vehicles with a statement regarding the right of the buyer to cancel the sale and a description of how the buyer may return the motor vehicle; requiring specified sellers to provide buyers with a fully completed receipt or copy of a contract that pertains to a specified Internet sale and contains specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 01/30/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Equipment - Prohibition on Counterfeit Airbags and Substandard Airbags [HB-885]
Prohibiting a person from making, distributing, or selling a counterfeit airbag or a substandard airbag; prohibiting a person from installing a counterfeit airbag or a substandard airbag in a motor vehicle; prohibiting a person from selling or installing a device that causes the vehicle diagnostic system to inaccurately indicate that the airbag is functional when a counterfeit airbag or a substandard airbag is installed; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary Withdrawn on 03/20/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Motor Scooters and Mopeds - Special Dealer Decals [HB-1179]
Authorizing a motor scooter or moped dealer to apply to the Motor Vehicle Administration for the issuance of special dealer decals; authorizing a motor scooter or moped dealer that attaches a special dealer decal to specified motor scooters or mopeds to, as authorized by law, drive the motor scooters or mopeds on a highway or allow, for demonstration purposes, a prospective buyer to drive the motor scooters or mopeds on a highway; requiring a special dealer decal to be manufactured in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Norman Conway
Third Reading Passed With Amendments (47-0) on 04/03/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers, Distributors, and Factory Branches - Relationship with Dealers [HB-1139]
Prohibiting, except under specified circumstances, a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch from requiring, attempting to require, coercing, or attempting to coerce a dealer to purchase specified goods or services from specified vendors under specified circumstances; requiring a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch licensed in the State to specify in writing to its motor vehicle dealers specified information relating to the compensation of dealers for parts and labor; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Frush
First Reading Senate Rules on 04/05/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Sales of Tires - Limitations and Required Notice [HB-1110]
Prohibiting a merchant from selling a tire to a consumer in the State as a new tire if the tire is a retreaded, previously used, or recycled tire or was manufactured more than 3 years before the date of sale; requiring a merchant who sells a specified tire to a consumer to provide a specified notice and specified disclosure to the consumer relating to tire age and safety; establishing a penalty for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Referred To Interim Study By Economic Matters on 03/21/2013
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Idaho 2013 Regular Session
Amends and adds to existing law relating to motor vehicle dealers and salesmen to remove provisions relating to a nonvoting member of the Dealer Advisory Board; to establish provisions relating to the Idaho Consumer Asset Recovery Fund, to establish provisions relating to expenditures from such fund and claims against such fund; to establish provisions relating to the creation of the Idaho Consumer Asset Recovery Control Board; and to establish provisions relating to fees, claims and reimbursements to the fund. [HB-167]
Amends and adds to existing law relating to motor vehicle dealers and salesmen to remove provisions relating to a nonvoting member of the Dealer Advisory Board; to establish provisions relating to the Idaho Consumer Asset Recovery Fund, to establish provisions relating to expenditures from such fund and claims against such fund; to establish provisions relating to the creation of the Idaho Consumer Asset Recovery Control Board; and to establish provisions relating to fees, claims and reimbursements to the fund.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Reported Signed By Governor On March 22, 2013 Session Law Chapter 136 Effective: 07/01/13 on 03/22/2013
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers, Distributors, and Factory Branches - Retaliation [SB-927]
Prohibiting a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch from retaliating against a specified vehicle dealer because of legislation enacted by the General Assembly that regulates the franchise relationship; and establishing that a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch has the burden of proving, under specified circumstances, that a specified cancellation of, termination of, or failure to provide a bonus, incentive, or benefit program is not retaliation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennie Forehand
Re-referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/27/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Car Dealers - Sunday Operations [SB-79]
Authorizing, in Baltimore County, a new or used car dealer to sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motor vehicle or certificate of title for a motor vehicle on Sunday.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Hearing 2/7 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/18/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Towing Practices and Procedures [SB-401]
Clarifying the application of and altering security requirements for tow trucks; altering penalties for specified violations related to tow truck vehicle registration; repealing a provision exempting abandoned vehicles from the application of provisions relating to the towing and removal of vehicles from parking lots; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to establish and maintain a database containing addresses for specified insurers and make the database available to any tower free of charge; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Approved By The Governor on 05/02/2012