1-1 By: Swinford (Senate Sponsor - Duncan) H.B. No. 1066
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 8, 1999;
1-3 April 9, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Economic Development; May 13, 1999, reported favorably by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 13, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to dealers of certain farm and industrial equipment.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Section 19.01, Business & Commerce Code, is
1-11 amended by amending Subdivision (8) to read as follows:
1-12 (8) "Equipment" means farm tractors, farm implements,
1-13 utility tractors, industrial tractors, forklifts, material-handling
1-14 equipment, forestry harvesting equipment, and outdoor power
1-15 equipment and the attachments to or repair parts for those items.
1-16 SECTION 2. Section 19.22, Business & Commerce Code, is
1-17 amended to read as follows:
1-18 Sec. 19.22. COERCED ORDERS, [OR] DELIVERIES, OR REFUSALS TO
1-19 PURCHASE. (a) A supplier may not coerce or compel a dealer to
1-20 order or accept delivery of equipment with special features or
1-21 accessories not included in the base list price of the equipment as
1-22 publicly advertised by the supplier unless the special features or
1-23 accessories are safety features or accessories required by the
1-24 supplier or by applicable law.
1-25 (b) A supplier may not coerce or compel a dealer to refuse
1-26 purchase of equipment manufactured by another equipment
1-27 manufacturer.
1-28 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-29 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-30 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-31 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-32 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-33 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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