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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="19-102" title_number="19" title_name="Equipment Dealer Contract Act" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <text>Good cause exists in any of the following circumstances:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The filing of a petition against the dealer to commence:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>A receivership proceeding; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>A bankruptcy proceeding;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>The dealer has made an intentional misrepresentation with the intent to defraud the supplier;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>The dealer defaults under a chattel mortgage or other security agreement between the dealer and the supplier or the dealer revokes or discontinues a guarantee of a present or future obligation of the dealer to the supplier;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>The closeout or sale of a substantial part of the business of a dealer related to the handling of the products of the supplier;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>The commencement of procedures to dissolve or liquidate the dealer if the dealer is a partnership or corporation;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>A change, without the prior written approval of the supplier, that shall not be unreasonably withheld, in the location of the principal place of business of the dealer or additional locations set forth in the agreement;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>The withdrawal of an individual proprietor, partner, major shareholder, or manager of the dealership, or a substantial reduction in interest of a partner or major shareholder, without the prior written consent of the supplier;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>The revocation or discontinuance of any guarantee of the present or future obligations of the dealer to the supplier;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>The dealer fails to operate in the normal course of business for 7 consecutive business days or otherwise abandons the business;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="10">
    <text>The guilty plea or conviction of a felony of a dealer affecting the relationship between the dealer and supplier; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="11">
    <text>The dealer transfers an interest in the dealership or a person with a substantial interest in the ownership or control of the dealership, including an individual proprietor, partner, or major shareholder, withdraws from the dealership or dies, or a substantial reduction occurs in the interest of a partner or major shareholder in the dealership.</text>
  </level>
</section>
