HB 143

Abstract

Heavy Equipment Dealer Act. Provides that,under the Heavy Equipment Dealer Act, a supplier's refusal to continuewith a dealer an agreement that is expiring in accordance with its terms constitutes a refusal to continue or renew the agreement evenif the supplier offers to enter into a replacement agreement withsuch dealer. The bill removes the exception to the Act's notificationrequirements for agreement amendments for cases where the supplieruniformly amends agreements as to all dealers of the supplier inquestion in all states in which the supplier is marketing its products.The bill also prohibits a supplier from prohibiting a dealer frompurchasing equipment manufactured by another supplier for purposesof rental or resale to the dealer's customers or from directly orindirectly discriminating or taking adverse action against, or otherwisepenalizing, any dealer that purchases equipment or repair parts manufacturedby another supplier for purposes of rental or resale to the dealer'scustomers.