2016 Iowa Code
Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 322A - MOTOR VEHICLE FRANCHISERS
Section 322A.16 - Additional guidelines.
322A.16
Additional guidelines.
In determining whether good cause has been established for entering into an additional franchise for the same line-make, the department of inspections and appeals shall take into consideration the existing circumstances, including, but not limited to:
1. Amount of business transacted by other franchisees of the same line-make in that community.
2. Investment necessarily made and obligations incurred by other franchisees of the same line-make, in that community, in the performance of their part of their franchises.
3. Permanency of the investment.
4. Effect on the retail motor vehicle business as a whole in that community.
5. Whether it is injurious to the public welfare for an additional franchise to be established.
6. Whether the franchisees of the same line-make in that community are providing adequate consumer care for the motor vehicles of the line-make which shall include the adequacy of motor vehicle service facilities, equipment, supply of parts and qualified service personnel.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §322A.16; 81 Acts, ch 22, §22]
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