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1    AN ACT concerning business.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Motor Vehicle Franchise Act is amended by
5changing Section 10.1 as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 710/10.1)  (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 760.1)
7    Sec. 10.1. (a) As used in this Section, "motorcycle" means
8every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the
9rider and designed to travel with 3 or less wheels in contact
10with the ground, excluding farm, garden, and lawn equipment,
11and including off-highway vehicles.
12    (b) It shall be deemed a violation for a manufacturer, a
13distributor, a wholesaler, a distributor branch or division,
14or officer, agent, or other representative thereof:
15        (1) To require a motorcycle franchisee to participate
16    in a retail financing plan or retail leasing plan or to
17    participate in any retail consumer insurance plan.
18        (2) To own, to operate or to control any motorcycle
19    dealership in this State for a period longer than 2 years.
20        (3) (Blank).
21        (4) To require a motorcycle dealer to utilize
22    manufacturer approved floor fixtures for the display of
23    any product that is not a product of the manufacturer.

 

 

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1        (5) To require a motorcycle dealer to purchase
2    lighting fixtures that are to be installed in the
3    dealership only from the manufacturer's approved vendors.
4        (6) To require a motorcycle dealer to relocate to a
5    new or alternate facility.
6        (7) To coerce or require any motorcycle dealer to
7    construct improvements to the dealer's facility at a
8    substantial cost to the dealer or to condition any
9    motorcycle dealer's eligibility for payments under any
10    discount, credit, rebate, sales incentive, or similar
11    program on the dealer constructing improvements to the
12    dealer's facility at a substantial cost to the dealer.
13    Whenever any motorcycle dealer enters into a franchise
14agreement, evidenced by a contract, with a wholesaler,
15manufacturer, or distributor wherein the franchisee agrees to
16maintain an inventory and the contract is terminated by the
17wholesaler, manufacturer, distributor, or franchisee, then the
18franchisee may require the repurchase of the inventory as
19provided for in this Act. If the franchisee has any
20outstanding debts to the wholesaler, manufacturer, or
21distributor, then the repurchase amount may be credited to the
22franchisee's account. The franchise agreement shall either
23expressly or by operation of law have as part of its terms a
24security agreement whereby the wholesaler, manufacturer, or
25distributor agrees to and does grant a security interest to
26the motorcycle dealer in the repurchased inventory to secure

 

 

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1payment of the repurchase amount to the dealer. The
2perfection, priority, and other matters relating to the
3security interest shall be governed by Article 9 of the
4Uniform Commercial Code. The provisions of this Section shall
5not be construed to affect in any way any security interest
6that any financial institution, person, wholesaler,
7manufacturer, or distributor may have in the inventory of the
8motorcycle dealer.
9    (c) The provisions of this Section 10.1 are applicable to
10all new or existing motorcycle franchisees and franchisers and
11are in addition to the other rights and remedies provided in
12this Act, and, in the case of a conflict with other provisions
13contained in this Act, with respect to motorcycle franchises,
14this Section shall be controlling.
15    (d) The filing of a timely protest by a motorcycle
16franchise before the Motor Vehicle Review Board as prescribed
17by Sections 12 and 29 of this Act, shall stay the effective
18date of a proposed additional franchise or selling agreement,
19or the effective date of a proposed motorcycle dealership
20relocation, or the effective date of a cancellation,
21termination, or modification, or extend the expiration date of
22a franchise or selling agreement by refusal to honor
23succession to ownership or refusal to approve a sale or
24transfer pending a final determination of the issues in the
25hearing.
26(Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.