322A.16 - ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES. - Iowa Statutes

322A.16 ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES. In determining whether good cause has been established for entering into an additional franchise for the same line-make, the department of inspections and appeals shall take into consideration the existing circumstances, including, but not limited to: 1. Amount of business transacted by other franchisees of the same line-make in that community. 2. Investment necessarily made and obligations incurred by other franchisees of the same line-make, in that community, in the performance of their part of their franchises. 3. Permanency of the investment. 4. Effect on the retail motor vehicle business as a whole in that community. 5. Whether it is injurious to the public welfare for an additional franchise to be established. 6. Whether the franchisees of the same line-make in that community are providing adequate consumer care for the motor vehicles of the line-make which shall include the adequacy of motor vehicle service facilities, equipment, supply of parts and qualified service personnel.          Section History: Early Form [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 322A.16; 81 Acts, ch 22, § 22]