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This section gives certain courts concurrent jurisdiction, allows equitable relief, lets a dealer recover losses and fees in specified supplier-violation cases, preserves binding arbitration, and bars suppliers from canceling, terminating, or refusing renewal during specified periods except as provided elsewhere.
A supplier may not require or forbid changes to a dealer’s management or personnel unless the people involved do not meet the supplier’s reasonable qualifications and standards.
The provisions of this chapter are deemed to be incorporated in every agreement and supersede and control all other provisions of the agreement. A supplier may not require any dealer to waive compliance with any provision of this chapter.
This chapter applies to agreements in effect as of October 1, 1989. In addition, this chapter applies to any agreements entered into after October 1, 1989. The provisions of this chapter are also applicable to any renewal or amendment of
Agreements under this chapter require the parties to act in good faith, and their terms must be interpreted reasonably.
A quorum is 9 members for holding a meeting, and 7 voting members for voting. A quorum is required to start a meeting, but not to continue or adjourn it.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of motor vehicles or trailers, a transaction does not create a sale or security interest merely because the agreement provides that the rental price is permitted or required to be
This chapter may be cited as the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The chapter says consumer reporting agencies should use reasonable procedures that are fair to consumers and protect confidentiality, accuracy, relevancy, and proper use of information.
This section defines terms used in the chapter, including administrator, consumer, consumer reporting agency, debt buyer, debt collector, medical creditor, protected consumer, representative, and several security-freeze terms.
People covered by this chapter must follow the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and specified federal regulations.
1. Authority. The administrator, within the limits provided by law, may: A. Receive and act on complaints, take action designed to obtain voluntary compliance with this chapter, refer complaints to the Department of Professional and
A person may not knowingly and intentionally obtain consumer information from a consumer reporting agency under false pretenses, and an officer or employee of such an agency may not knowingly and intentionally give file information to an unauthorized recipient.
A consumer reporting agency or user of information that willfully and knowingly violates a requirement under this chapter as to a consumer is liable to that consumer, and a court may award actual damages, triple damages, and costs and reasonable attorney’s fees.
A consumer reporting agency or user of information that negligently fails to comply with a chapter requirement involving a consumer is liable to that consumer for actual damages, additional damages, and costs and reasonable attorney’s fees.
A lawsuit to enforce liability under this chapter may be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction within 2 years after the liability arises, with a special 2-year period after discovery if the defendant materially and willfully misrepresented required information that was material to liability.
This section says a supervised financial organization must still comply with other applicable state and federal laws, and it preserves the Superintendent of Financial Institutions’ authority under Title 9-B to examine and supervise such organizations.
The administrator's enforcement powers under this chapter are additional to the State's enforcement powers under federal law.
A consumer reporting agency generally may not charge for one consumer-requested report in a 12-month period, must reinvestigate certain consumer disputes within 21 calendar days, and must not report medical debt on consumer reports.
This section sets rules for security freezes on consumer reports, including consumer requests, agency deadlines, fee limits, disclosure duties, protected-consumer freezes, and child-support reporting.
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