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2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 39 - Trade and Commerce
CHAPTER 6 - FAIR PRACTICES OF FARM, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL, AND OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, WHOLESALERS, AND DEALERS
Section 39-6-110. Unreasonable restrictions on dealers; sales agreements for competing lines; separate facilities requirement.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 39-6-110 (2017)
(A) It is unlawful to impose, directly or indirectly, unreasonable restrictions on the equipment dealer relative to transfer, sale, renewal, termination, discipline, noncompetition, or site-control.
(B) A manufacturer may not prevent a dealer from having an investment in or holding a dealership contract for the sale of competing product lines or makes of equipment.
(C) This section does not prevent a manufacturer from requiring that competing lines of equipment be established in separate facilities. Written notice must be provided to a dealer by the manufacturer at least four years before requiring separate facilities for competing lines of equipment.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 369, Section 1, eff June 14, 2000.
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