PROHIBITION: CHANGE IN DEALER OWNERSHIP
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Meyer v. WMCO-GP, LLC (2006)
Most recently applied in Sterling Truck Corp. v. Motor Vehicle Board of Texas Department of Transportation (May 2008)
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 5, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Notwithstanding the terms of any franchise, except as provided by Section 2301.359 or 2301.360, a manufacturer, distributor, or representative may not fail to give effect to or attempt to prevent the sale or transfer of:
(1) a dealer, dealership, or franchise;
(2) an interest in a dealer, dealership, or franchise; or
(3) the management of a dealer, dealership, or franchise.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.