0001| HOUSE BILL 570
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| EDWARD C. SANDOVAL
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER FRANCHISES; LIMITING THE TIME
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0012| PERIOD FOR CERTAIN AUDITS.
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0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015| Section 1. Section 57-16-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1973,
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0016| Chapter 6, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:
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0017| "57-16-7. WARRANTY CLAIMS--PAYMENT.--
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0018| A. Every manufacturer, distributor or
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0019| representative shall properly fulfill any warranty agreement
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0020| and adequately and fairly compensate each of its motor vehicle
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0021| dealers for labor, parts and other expenses incurred by the
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0022| dealer to perform the required warranty repairs. All
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0023| compensation for labor shall be the same as the dealer would
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0024| have made to and collected from an individual retail customer
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0025| for the same repairs if performed in the normal course of
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0001| business not covered by a warranty. Compensation for parts
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0002| shall be in an amount not less than the manufacturer's warranty
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0003| reimbursement rate for parts or the amount received by the
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0004| motor vehicle dealer from retail customers for parts used in
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0005| non-warranty work of like kind. All claims made by motor
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0006| vehicle dealers [under] pursuant to provisions of this
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0007| section and [under] Section 57-16-6 NMSA 1978 shall be paid
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0008| within thirty days following their approval. All claims shall
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0009| be either approved or disapproved within thirty days after
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0010| their receipt, and when any claim is disapproved, the motor
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0011| vehicle dealer who submits it shall be notified in writing of
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0012| its disapproval within that period, and each notice shall state
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0013| the specific grounds upon which the disapproval is based. Any
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0014| special handling of claims required by the manufacturer,
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0015| distributor or representative not uniformly required of all
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0016| dealers of that make may be enforced only after thirty days'
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0017| notice in writing and upon good and sufficient reason. A
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0018| manufacturer or distributor may audit a warranty claim only
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0019| during the twelve-month period immediately following payment or
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0020| credit issued for the claim; however, this limitation shall not
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0021| apply if there is a reasonable suspicion of fraud.
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0022| B. The provisions of this section shall not apply
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0023| to recreational travel trailers or to parts of systems,
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0024| fixtures, appliances, furnishings, accessories and features of
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0025| motor homes."
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0001| Section 2. A new section of Chapter 57, Article 16 NMSA
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0002| 1978 is enacted to read:
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0003| "[NEW MATERIAL] SALES AND SERVICE INCENTIVES--AUDIT.--A
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0004| manufacturer or distributor may audit a claim for sales and
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0005| service incentives only during the twenty-four month period
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0006| immediately following payment or credit issued for the claim;
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0007| however, this limitation shall not apply if there is a
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0008| reasonable suspicion of fraud."
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0009| State of New Mexico
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0010| House of Representatives
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0012| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0013| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0016| February 20, 1997
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0019| Mr. Speaker:
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0021| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom
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0022| has been referred
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0023|
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0024| HOUSE BILL 570
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0025|
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0001| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0002| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0003| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0005| Respectfully submitted,
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0011| Fred Luna, Chairman
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0014| Adopted Not Adopted
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0016| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0018| Date
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0020| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0021| Yes: 9
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0022| Excused: Corley, Getty, Olguin, Varela
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0023| Absent: None
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0001| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0570 State of New Mexico
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0002| House of Representatives
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0004| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0005| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0008| February 25, 1997
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0011| Mr. Speaker:
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0013| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0014| whom has been referred
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0016| HOUSE BILL 570
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0017|
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0018| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0019| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0020|
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0021| Respectfully submitted,
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0002| Max Coll, Chairman
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0005| Adopted Not Adopted
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0007| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0009| Date
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0011| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0012| Yes: 9
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0013| Excused: Buffett, Garcia,M.H., Heaton, Marquardt, Picraux,
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0014| Salazar, Varela, Watchman
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0015| Absent: None
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0020| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0021| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0024| March 6, 1997
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0001| Mr. President:
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0003| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to
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0004| whom has been referred
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0006| HOUSE BILL 570
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0008| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0009| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0011| Respectfully submitted,
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0016| __________________________________
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0017| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman
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0021| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0022| Adopted_______________________
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0023| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0002| Date ________________________
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0005| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0006| Yes: 7
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0007| No: 0
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0008| Excused: Griego, Kidd, Robinson
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0009| Absent: None
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