CHAPTER NUMBER: 666
File Code: Commercial Law - Generally
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 676
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Minnick, McHale, Kirk, Donoghue, and Harrison
- Entitled:
-
Commercial Law - Maryland Fair Distributorship Act -
Notice
and Arbitration Requirements
Requiring that arbitration proceedings be conducted in Maryland at the
request of either a distributor or a grantor under specified
circumstances; requiring a grantor, when notifying a distributor of a
proposed cancellation or nonrenewal of an agreement, to provide a
notice of the distributor's failure to comply with a reasonable
requirement of the agreement and an opportunity to cure or dispute the
asserted deficiency; etc.
House Action
- 2/12
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/17
- Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/26
- Third Reading Passed (135-1)
- 4/5
- House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- House Requests Senate Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Gordon, McClenahan, and Hill
- 4/6
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (135-1)
- 4/9
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 666
Senate Action
- 3/29
- First Reading Finance
- 3/30
- Hearing 4/7 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/1
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/6
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
- 4/8
- Senate Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Bromwell, Astle, and Hafer
- 4/9
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 7
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
- Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
- Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ARBITRATION -see also- COLLECTIVE BARGAINING; MEDIATION
- COMMERCE AND BUSINESS -see also- ENTERPRISE ZONES;SMALL BUS.
- EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
- NOTICES
- PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Commercial Law
- (
11-1302.1 ,
11-1306 ,
11-1307
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 663182/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 25, 1999 at:
10:57 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 573010/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 10, 1999 at:
9:08 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 687568/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 6, 1999 at:
11:57 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Conference Committee Documents:
- Report Number: 573010/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 10, 1999 at:
11:21 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Amendment Number: 503818/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 10, 1999 at:
11:21 a.m. Status: Incomplete
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 26, 1999: Third Reading Passed (135-1)
- April 6, 1999: Third Reading Passed (135-1)
- Senate
- April 6, 1999: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- April 9, 1999: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
