WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

House Bill 19, which was passed by the General Assembly and
signed by me on May 2, 1988, accomplishes the same purpose.
Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate Bill 58.

Sincerely,

William Donald Schaefer

Governor

Senate Bill No. 58

AN ACT concerning

Commercial Law - Equipment Dealer Contract Act

FOR the purpose of altering the scope of the Equipment Dealer
Contract Act so as net to provide for the repurchase of
certain repair parts from dealers of certain new
construction, farm, industrial, and outdoor power equipment
by suppliers of such equipment; and generally relating to a
technical correction to the Equipment Dealer Contract Act.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Commercial Law

Section 19-101(a) and (f)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Commercial Law

Section 19-102

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, Senator Lewis Riley sponsored S.B. 386 of the 1987
Session, which Governor Schaefer signed into law as Chapter 752
of the Acts of 1987, to establish the Equipment Dealer Contract
Act; and

WHEREAS, This bill is introduced to correct an amendment to
the 1987 bill, and specifically this bill substitutes "equipment"
in place of "equipment, or other inventory" in § 19-102(a)(6) of
the Commercial Law Article to remove repair parts from certain
time limitations contained in the current law; now, therefore,

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