HLS 16RS-1320 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 923
BY REPRESENTATIVE LOPINTO
MOTOR VEHICLES: Provides for unauthorized acts relative to motor vehicles
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 32:1261(A)(1)(z), relative to unauthorized acts regarding motor vehicles; to
3 impose restrictions; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 32:1261(A)(1)(z) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 ยง1261. Unauthorized acts
7 A. It shall be a violation of this Chapter:
8 (1) For a manufacturer, a distributor, a wholesaler, distributor branch, factory
9 branch, converter or officer, agent, or other representative thereof:
10 * * *
11 (z)(i) To penalize a dealer for any rule infraction regarding Customer
12 Satisfaction Index (CSI) surveys and incentive programs, which are funded by the
13 manufacturer or distributor and paid to a dealership employee, when the infraction
14 is committed by a dealership employee for his own personal gain.
15 (ii) Any survey found to be in violation of the provisions of this Paragraph
16 shall be voided.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 16RS-1320 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 923
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 923 Original 2016 Regular Session Lopinto
Abstract: Prohibits motor vehicle manufacturers and distributors from penalizing dealers
for certain infractions committed by dealership employees.
Present law enumerates a list of restrictions imposed on motor vehicle manufacturers,
distributors, wholesalers, distributor branches, factory branches, converters, or the officers,
agents, or other representatives thereof.
Proposed law retains present law and adds that it shall be a violation of present law when
motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, distributor branches, factory
branches, converters, or the officers, agents, or other representatives thereof penalize a dealer
for any rule infraction regarding Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) surveys and incentive
programs when the infraction is committed by a dealership employee for his own personal
gain.
Proposed law adds that any survey found to be in violation of proposed law shall be voided.
(Adds R.S. 32:1261(A)(1)(z))
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