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Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 57.301: COERCED ORDERS, DELIVERIES, OR REFUSALS TO PURCHASE.
Where this section sits in the code
- BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE
- TITLE 4. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND AGREEMENTS
- CHAPTER 57. AGRICULTURAL, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL, MINING, FORESTRY, LANDSCAPING, AND OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT DEALER AGREEMENTS
- SUBCHAPTER G. DELIVERY, SALE, AND RETURN OF EQUIPMENT
(a) A supplier may not coerce, compel, or require a dealer to accept delivery of equipment or a repair part that has not been voluntarily ordered by the dealer, unless:
(1) the equipment or repair part is a safety feature required by the supplier or applicable law; or
(2) the dealer is otherwise required by applicable law to accept the delivery.
(b) A supplier may not coerce a dealer to refuse purchase of equipment manufactured by another supplier.
(c) It shall not be considered a violation of this section if the supplier requires a dealer to have or provide separate facilities, financial statements, or sales staff for major competing product lines if the supplier gives the dealer at least three years' notice of such a requirement.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1039 (H.B. 3079), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.
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