Missouri legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Missouri HB799: Relating to motor vehicles
Status: In committee, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act of God, work stoppage, or delay due to a strike or labor difficulty, shortage of products or materials, freight SCS HCS HBs 799, 334, 75 424 & 1069 delays, embargo or other cause of which such motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisor has no control; (4) To coerce any motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisee to enter into any agreement with such motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisor or to do any other act prejudicial to such motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisee, by threatening to cancel any franchise or any contractual agreement existing between such motorcycle or.
From the amended text:
an act of God, work stoppage, or delay due to a strike or labor difficulty, shortage of products or materials, freight SCS HCS HBs 799, 334, 75 424 & 1069 delays, embargo or other cause of which such motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisor has no control; (4) To coerce any motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisee to enter into any agreement with such motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisor or to do any other act prejudicial to such motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisee, by threatening to cancel any franchise or any contractual agreement existing between such motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisor and motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisee; provided, however, that notice in good faith to any motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisee of such motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisee's violation of any provisions of such franchise or contractual agreement shall not constitute a violation of sections 407.1025 to 407.1049; (5) To terminate, cancel or refuse to continue any franchise, directly or indirectly through the actions of the franchisor, unless such new motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle franchisee substantially defaults in the performance of such franchisee's reasonable and lawful obligations under such franchisee's franchise, or such new motorcycle or allterrain vehicle franchisor discontinues the sale in the state of Missouri of such franchisor's products which are the subject of the franchise: (a) Notwithstanding the terms …