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New year brings new Connecticut proposal to allow manufacturer direct sales

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New year, new effort to allow customers to purchase vehicles directly from manufacturers in Connecticut. House Bill 5044.

Connecticut General Assembly
Proposed Bill 5044

Introduced by:
REP. DENNING, 42nd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DIRECT SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
1 That chapter 246 of the general statutes be amended to permit a motor
2 vehicle manufacturer to sell and deliver a motor vehicle to a consumer
3 without requiring the motor vehicle manufacturer to have a franchise
4 agreement with a car dealer in the state.

Statement of Purpose:
To allow a consumer to purchase a motor vehicle directly from the motor vehicle manufacturer without requiring the motor vehicle manufacturer to have a franchise agreement with a car dealer in the State.
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Hoping for all of you it goes through! 🤞🏼
 
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Last year the proposed Connecticut bill only would have applied to EV manufacturers and still the car dealers fought it. Fortunately, service centers owned by manufacturers are allowed.
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