§ 696-b. Dealer agreements; unlawful acts and practices. It shall be a\nviolation of this article for a supplier:\n 1. To coerce, compel, or attempt to coerce or compel any dealer to\norder or accept delivery of any equipment or parts, or any equipment\nwith special features or accessories not included in the base list price\nof such equipment as publicly advertised by the supplier which the\ndealer has not voluntarily ordered; or\n 2. To coerce or compel any dealer to enter into any agreement, whether\nwritten or oral, supplementary to an existing dealer agreement with such\nsupplier; or\n 3. To coerce or compel, any dealer to refuse to purchase equipment\nfrom another supplier, however it shall not be a violation of this\nsection to require separate facilities, financial statements or sales\nstaff for major competing lines provided that the dealer is given at\nleast thirty-six months notice of such requirements; or\n 4. To refuse to deliver in reasonable quantities and within a\nreasonable time after receipt of the dealer's order to any dealer having\na dealer agreement for the retail sale of new equipment sold or\ndistributed by such supplier, equipment covered by such dealer agreement\nspecifically advertised or represented by such supplier to be available\nfor immediate delivery. However, the failure to deliver any such\nequipment shall not be considered a violation of this article if such\nfailure is due to prudent and reasonable restriction on extension of\ncredit by the supplier to the dealer, an act of God, work stoppage or\ndelay due to a strike or labor difficulty, a bona fide shortage of\nmaterials, freight embargo, or other cause over which the supplier has\nno control; or\n 5. To terminate or cancel the dealer agreement of any such dealer\nwithout due cause; or\n 6. To condition the renewal or extension of a dealer agreement on the\ndealer's substantial renovation of the dealer's place of business or on\nthe construction, purchase, acquisition, or rental of a new place of\nbusiness by the dealer unless the supplier has advised the dealer in\nwriting of its demand for such renovation, construction, purchase,\nacquisition or rental within a reasonable time prior to the effective\ndate of the proposed date of renewal or extensions, but in no case less\nthan one year, and provided the supplier demonstrates the need for such\nchange in the place of business and the reasonableness of such demand in\nview of the need to service the public and economic conditions existing\nat the time and, provided further, that the dealer makes a good faith\neffort to complete such construction or renovation plans within one\nyear; or\n 7. To sell or offer to sell any new equipment to any other dealer at a\nlower actual price therefor than the actual price sold or offered to any\nother dealer for the same equipment identically equipped or to utilize\nany device including, but not limited to, sale promotion plans or\nprograms which result in such lesser actual price, or result in a fixed\nprice predetermined solely by the supplier provided, however, the\nprovisions of this subdivision shall not apply to sales to a dealer for\nresale to any unit or agency of the United States government, the state,\nor any of its political subdivisions or any municipality located within\nthis state; and provided, further, that the provisions of this\nsubdivision shall not apply so long as a supplier sells or offers to\nsell such new equipment to all of its dealers at an equal price; or\n 8. To willfully discriminate, either directly or indirectly, in price,\nprograms, or terms of sale offered to dealers, where the effect of such\ndiscrimination may be to substantially lessen competition or give to one\nholder of a dealer agreement any economic business or competitive\nadvantage not offered to all holders of the same or similar dealer\nagreements; or\n 9. To prevent by contract or otherwise, any dealer, from changing its\ncapital structure, owners
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