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Senate advances automobile franchise bill after adopting dealer-protection amendment
Summary
Senate Bill 68, revising automobile franchise rules, was amended on the floor to preserve preexisting franchiser-franchisee agreements and to allow local suppliers where specifications are comparable; it passed second reading and was placed on the third-reading calendar.
Senate Bill 68, focused on automobile franchise relationships and dealer protections, was presented as the result of several weeks of negotiation between dealers and manufacturers. Senator Jenkins described the bill as protecting dealers' ability to merchandise products and limiting factory demands that can impose large…
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