This bill modifies provisions of law governing contractual relationships between manufacturers of personal sports mobiles and personal sports mobile dealers as follows.
1. It requires that manufacturers allocate new personal sports mobiles to dealers in a manner that is fair and equitable for each model of new personal sports mobile.
2. It provides that it is prima facie evidence that a determination to terminate a contractual relationship with a dealer based on poor sales performance or poor market penetration is not made with good cause when prior to the determination the manufacturer failed to provide the dealer a fair and adequate supply and mix of new personal sports mobiles.
3. It clarifies that the sale of new personal sports mobiles does not require an existing dealer to enter into a separate agreement with the manufacturer but the manufacturer may require the dealer to purchase necessary parts, tools, equipment and promotional materials and participate in necessary trainings.
4. It clarifies what behavior on the part of a manufacturer is considered coercion with respect to a dealer and provides a process by which a dealer may protest against any modifications to the dealer's franchise or contractual agreement made or proposed by the manufacturer through coercion.
5. It adds facilities renovation and market area penetration to the devices that a manufacturer may not use to lower the price of a personal sports mobile sold to a dealer causing the price to be lower than the price offered to any other dealer.
6. It requires that a manufacturer must provide written notice to a dealer no less than
180 days prior to the effective date of a termination, cancellation, nonrenewal or noncontinuance of a franchise agreement instead of only 90 days as required under current law.
7. It clarifies a dealer's rights when choosing to cancel, terminate, decline to renew or refuse to continue a franchise relationship.
8. It adds a provision regarding when attorney's fees may be awarded to a dealer in an action for civil remedies against a manufacturer for unfair or deceptive acts.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 2104, HP 1419: 10.1243, 10.1250