Bill Text: TX SB812 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the recovery of certain payments by motor vehicle manufacturers and distributors from motor vehicle dealers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-27 - Left pending in committee [SB812 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB812-Introduced.html
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By: Eltife | S.B. No. 812 |
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relating to the recovery of certain payments by motor vehicle | ||
manufacturers and distributors from motor vehicle dealers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2301.405, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: | ||
(c) Notwithstanding a provision in a franchise agreement | ||
and except as provided by this section, a manufacturer or | ||
distributor may not directly or indirectly recover from a dealer an | ||
amount paid by the manufacturer or distributor to the dealer under | ||
this subchapter to reimburse the dealer for parts or labor by: | ||
(1) chargeback; | ||
(2) surcharge; | ||
(3) an increase in the wholesale price of a motor | ||
vehicle or part; or | ||
(4) other means. | ||
(d) Subsection (c) does not prohibit a manufacturer or | ||
distributor from increasing the price of a motor vehicle or part in | ||
the normal course of business. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |