eLaws | eCases | Oklahoma Administrative Code | Oklahoma Courts | Counties & Cities of Oklahoma | United States Code |
 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 47. MOTOR VEHICLES

  § 47-579. Considerations in determining good cause for establishment or relocation of additional franchise.  

Latest version.

  • In determining whether good cause has been established for permitting the proposed establishment or relocation of an additional franchise for the same line-make, the Oklahoma Motor Vehicle Commission shall take into consideration, and must be persuaded, that good cause exists for entering into or relocating an additional franchise for the same line-make by the greater weight of facts and the existing circumstances, including, but not limited to:

    1.  Permanency of the investment of the proposed dealership;

    2.  Effect on the retail new motor vehicle business and the consuming public in the relevant market area;

    3.  Whether it is injurious to the public welfare for an additional new motor vehicle dealership to be established;

    4.  Whether the new motor vehicle dealers of the same line-make in that relevant market area are providing adequate competition and convenient consumer care for the motor vehicle sales and service facilities, equipment, supply of motor vehicle parts, and qualified service personnel; and

    5.  Whether the establishment of an additional new motor vehicle dealership would increase competition, and therefore be in the public interest.

Added by Laws 1980, c. 134, § 4, emerg. eff. April 15, 1980.  Amended by Laws 1985, c. 229, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 2000, c. 341, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.