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2018 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2739

Motor vehicles; require manufacturers to compensated dealers for repairs required due to a recall.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A MANUFACTURER SHALL COMPENSATE ITS NEW MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS FOR ALL LABOR AND PARTS REQUIRED BY THE MANUFACTURER TO PERFORM REPAIRS ON USED MOTOR VEHICLES IN THE INVENTORY OF THE DEALER REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF A NOTIFICATION BY A MANUFACTURER THAT THE VEHICLES CANNOT BE SOLD OR LEASED DUE TO A FEDERAL SAFETY RECALL FOR A DEFECT OR A NONCOMPLIANCE OR FEDERAL EMISSIONS RECALL; TO PROVIDE FOR THE AMOUNT OF THE COMPENSATION AND TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION IF THE PARTS OR A REMEDY ARE NOT REASONABLY AVAILABLE TO PERFORM A RECALL SERVICE OR REPAIR ON A USED VEHICLE HELD FOR SALE BY A DEALER WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME; TO SPECIFY THE USED VEHICLES TO WHICH THIS PROVISION APPLIES; TO PROHIBIT A MANUFACTURER FROM REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN COMPENSATION OTHERWISE OWED BY THE MANUFACTURER SOLELY BECAUSE A NEW MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER HAS SUBMITTED A CLAIM UNDER THIS SECTION; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF CLAIMS; TO AMEND SECTION 63-17-73, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE RENEWAL OR EXTENSION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER'S FRANCHISE ON SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION OF THE DEALER'S PLACE OF BUSINESS BEFORE A DATE THAT IS LESS THAN SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE DEALER COMPLETED A SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION; TO PROVIDE THAT NO STATE AGENCY MAY PROMULGATE A RULE WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT AN ACT THAT IS NOT PROHIBITED BY THIS SECTION, AND TO REPEAL ANY REGULATION ADOPTED BY ANY AGENCY IN CONFLICT WITH THIS SECTION AND ADOPTED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

January 15 to January 30, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days

FinanceJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 15 – Jan 30

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published