Minnesota Session Laws - 1989, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                         CHAPTER 25-H.F.No. 323 
           An act relating to commerce; regulating motor vehicle 
          sales and distribution; determining reasonable 
          compensation for warranty services performed by 
          dealers; amending Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 
          80E.04, subdivision 2. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 80E.04, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [REASONABLE COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES.] In no 
event shall the schedule of compensation fail to include 
reasonable compensation for diagnostic work, as well as repair 
service, parts, and labor.  Time allowances for the diagnosis 
and performance of warranty work and service shall be reasonable 
and adequate for the work to be performed.  In the determination 
of what constitutes reasonable compensation under this section, 
the principal factors to be given consideration shall be the 
prevailing wage rates paid by dealers in the community in which 
the dealer is doing business, and in no event shall The hourly 
labor rate paid to and the reimbursement for parts purchased by 
a dealer for warranty services shall not be less than the rate 
charged by the dealer for like service to nonwarranty customers 
for nonwarranty service and repairs unless the rate is 
determined to be unreasonable. 
    Presented to the governor April 5, 1989 
    Signed by the governor April 7, 1989, 8:40 a.m.