HLS 22RS-1056 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 591
BY REPRESENTATIVES WRIGHT AND SCHEXNAYDER
MANUFACTURING: Removes certain regulatory measures placed on manufacturers
1 AN ACT
2To repeal R.S. 32:1254(D), relative to licensing requirements regulated by the Motor
3 Vehicle Commission; to remove certain licensing and compliance requirements of
4 manufacturers; and to provide for any related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:1254(D) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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 591 Original 2022 Regular Session Wright
Abstract: Removes certain licensing and compliance requirements for motor vehicle
manufacturers and related entities.
Present law imposes additional licensing and compliance requirements for motor vehicle
manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, converters or secondary manufacturers, distributors
or wholesalers, factory branches and distributor branches licensed by the Motor Vehicle
Commission, which require the following:
(1)A manufacturer, converter or secondary manufacturer, distributor or wholesaler,
factory branch and distributor branch applications or otherwise, to provide
information relating to the applicant's financial standing and whether the applicant
has an established place of business.
(2)All manufacturers, converters or secondary manufacturers, distributors or
wholesalers, factory branches and distributor branches to provide a suitable office
and have a permanently affixed sign in front of the establishment.
(3)All manufacturers, converters or secondary manufacturers, distributors or
wholesalers, factory branches and distributor branches have a usable telephone at the
place of business, the number of which should be listed on the application for
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license, and also listed in a local directory accessible to the public, where applicable.
The commission be notified of any change in the telephone number.
(4)(a)The license issued to each manufacturer, converter or secondary manufacturer,
distributor or wholesaler, factory branch or distributor branch specify the location
of the office or factory, or branch thereof, and the makes, models, or classifications
of motor vehicles, recreational products, or specialty vehicles to be manufactured,
distributed, or converted. The license issued to any manufacturer, converter or
secondary manufacturer, distributor or wholesaler, factory branch or distributor
branch specify the location of such manufacturer's established place of business.
(b)A new application and license when a change of location, or a change in corporate
ownership or majority ownership, or a change in the name of a licensee, or a change
by a licensee in the makes, models, or classifications, requiring an addendum to a
franchise agreement, of motor vehicles, recreational products, or specialty vehicles
manufactured, distributed, or converted, or the addition of a make of motor vehicle
or recreational product manufactured, distributed, or converted occurs.
(5)The commission to consider the financial standing of the applicant and the adequacy
of the applicant's established place of business for the purpose for which a license
is sought when determining whether or not to issue a license to a manufacturer,
converter or secondary manufacturer, distributor or wholesaler, factory branch and
distributor branch.
(6)Upon execution of a franchise, or addendum thereto, with a motor vehicle dealer,
recreational products dealer, or specialty vehicle dealer, the manufacturer,
distributor, wholesaler, or a convertor or secondary manufacturer immediately file
with the commission a copy of the franchise or addendum.
Proposed law repeals present law.
(Repeals R.S. 32:1254(D))
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