Independent Mobility Motor Vehicle Dealer

Sec. 2301.361. INDEPENDENT MOBILITY MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or rule, an independent mobility motor vehicle dealer may: (1) purchase or otherwise acquire a new motor vehicle with a lowered floor or frame or a raised roof and door to fit or equip the motor vehicle for retail sale as a mobility motor vehicle; (2) display a new mobility motor vehicle to a person with a disability to fit or equip the vehicle as a mobility motor vehicle for the person; and (3) sell or arrange for the sale and delivery of a new mobility motor vehicle to a purchaser at the independent mobility motor vehicle dealer's place of business if the transaction occurs through or by a franchised dealer of the motor vehicle's chassis line make. (b) An independent mobility motor vehicle dealer who purchased or acquired a new motor vehicle from a franchised dealer to equip the vehicle as a mobility motor vehicle may not advertise the vehicle for sale until the vehicle is fitted or equipped as a mobility motor vehicle. (c) An independent mobility motor vehicle dealer may not sell or offer to sell a new motor vehicle other than a new mobility motor vehicle. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 710 (H.B. 2216), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.