Section 407.812

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE

Chapter 407

Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  407.812.  Compliance with act required — applicability of act. — 1.  Any franchisor obtaining or renewing its license after August 28, 2010, shall be bound by the provisions of the MVFP act and shall comply with it, and no franchise agreement made, entered, modified, or renewed after August 28, 2010, shall avoid the requirements of the MVFP act, or violate its provisions, and no franchise agreement shall be performed after the date the franchisor's license is issued or renewed in such a manner that the franchisor avoids or otherwise does not conform or comply with the requirements of the MVFP act.  Notwithstanding the effective date of any franchise agreement, all franchisor licenses and renewals thereof are issued subject to all provisions of the MVFP act and chapter 301 and any regulations in effect upon the date of issuance, as well as all future provisions of the MVFP act and chapter 301 and any regulations which may become effective during the term of the license.

  2.  The provisions of the MVFP act shall apply to each franchise that a franchisor, manufacturer, importer, or distributor has with a franchisee and all agreements between a franchisee and a common entity or any person that is controlled by a franchisor.

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(L. 2010 H.B. 2198)