<a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>memorializing the President of the United States, the United States Secretary of the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>Treasury, and the United States Treasury Automotive Task Force to reconsider the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>treatment of Minnesota auto dealerships.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>WHEREAS, new motor vehicle dealerships in Minnesota serve thousands of consumers in <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>400 communities across the State of Minnesota; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>WHEREAS, new motor vehicle dealerships in Minnesota provide approximately 18,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>jobs in Minnesota; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>WHEREAS, new motor vehicle dealerships in Minnesota comprise a multibillion dollar <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>industry which contributes significantly to state and local tax revenue; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>WHEREAS, new motor vehicle dealerships are independently-owned businesses that own <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>their own property and buy inventory, parts, signage, and facilities in order to provide a virtually <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>cost-free distribution network to auto manufacturers; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>WHEREAS, approximately half of the new motor vehicle dealerships in Minnesota sell <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>General Motors and Chrysler products; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>WHEREAS, President Obama has appointed the Automotive Task Force to oversee the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>reorganization of General Motors and Chrysler with the reorganization to include a significant <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>reduction in auto dealerships; NOW, THEREFORE, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges the President <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>of the United States, the United States Secretary of the Treasury, and every member of the United <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>States Automotive Task Force to consider that fewer Minnesota auto dealerships will not improve <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>the economic conditions of General Motors and Chrysler.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>President of the United States, the United States Secretary of the Treasury, and every member of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>the United States Treasury Automotive Task Force to consider that auto dealerships are important <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>to Minnesota's economy and communities, and requests that the United States Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>Treasury Automotive Task Force eliminate its requirement that General Motors and Chrysler <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>terminate Minnesota dealerships. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>directed to prepare copies of this memorial and transmit them to President Barack Obama, the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>United States Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, and every member of the United States <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>Treasury Automotive Task Force.<br/>