SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 2514

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 

 

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES WETER (Sponsor), WALLACE, NANCE, WELLS, POLLOCK, DENISON AND SCHLOTTACH (Co-sponsors).

                  Read 1st time March 31, 2008 and copies ordered printed.

D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

5531L.02I


 

AN ACT

To amend chapter 407, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to motor vehicle dealerships.




Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:


            Section A. Chapter 407, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 407.584, to read as follows:

            407.584. Any motor vehicle manufacturer selling new motor vehicles in this state that requires warranty work and repairs to be completed by a dealership or motor vehicle repair facility that is authorized by the manufacturer to perform such warranty work or repairs and the authorized dealership or motor vehicle repair facility discontinues doing such warranty work or repairs and no other authorized dealership or motor vehicle repair facility is located within seventy-five miles of that dealership or repair facility then the manufacturer shall contract with another dealership or motor vehicle repair facility that is certified by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence and located within seventy-five miles of the current dealership or motor vehicle repair facility that is discontinuing doing such warranty work for the manufacturer.