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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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OCCUPATIONS CODE |
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Title 14. REGULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRANSPORTATION |
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Subtitle A. REGULATIONS RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLES |
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Chapter 2301. SALE OR LEASE OF MOTOR VEHICLES |
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Subchapter N. DENIAL, REVOCATION, OR SUSPENSION OF LICENSE |
Sec. 2301.6521. RIGHT TO PROTEST: CERTAIN RELOCATIONS
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(a) In this section, "affected county" means:
(1) a county with a population of one million or more; or
(2) a county with a population of 500,000 or more but less than one million that is adjacent to a county with a population of one million or more.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and except as provided by Subsection (d), a franchised dealer may protest an application to relocate a dealership from a location in an affected county to a location within the same affected county or an adjacent affected county only if the dealer is:
(1) a dealer of the same line-make as the relocating dealership and is in the affected county where the proposed dealership is being relocated and is nearest to the proposed relocation site, if no dealership of the same line-make as the relocating dealership is located within 15 miles of the proposed relocation site; or
(2) a dealer of the same line-make as the relocating dealership whose dealership location is within 15 miles of the proposed relocation site.
(c) If more than one dealership location is an equal distance from the proposed relocation site and each dealer and dealership location satisfies the requirements of Subsection (b)(1), each dealer may protest the relocation under Subsection (b)(1).
(d) A dealer may not protest an application to relocate a dealership under this section if the proposed relocation site is two miles or less from the dealership's current location.