DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 478 Original 2015 Regular Session Miguez
Abstract: Provides a list of exemptions relative to restrictions on warranty repairs.
Present law provides that it shall be a violation for a manufacturer, a distributor, a wholesaler,
distributor branch, factory branch, converter or officer, agent, or other representative thereof to
operate a satellite warranty and repair center, to authorize a person to perform warranty repairs who
is not a motor vehicle dealer, or to authorize a motor vehicle dealer to operate a satellite warranty
and repair center within the community or territory of a same-line or make motor vehicle dealer.
Present law exempts recreational product manufacturers from this restriction imposed by present
law.
Proposed law enumerates a list of exemptions relative to this restriction imposed by present law.
Proposed law includes recreational product manufacturers, emergency service of a vehicle, and fleet
owners or governmental entities that are authorized to perform warranty repairs on motor vehicles
that they own, lease, or maintain themselves in the enumerated list of exemptions. Proposed law
limits the exemption as to fleet owners or governmental entities by requiring the motor vehicles they
own, lease, or maintain to have a gross vehicle weight rating of at least 12,000 pounds, to be
designed for use in intrastate or interstate commerce for the movement of property, freight, or goods,
or to be designed for use in utility installation, maintenance, and repair.
(Amends R.S. 32:1261(A)(1)(t))