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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="19-103" title_number="19" title_name="Equipment Dealer Contract Act" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A supplier may not directly or through an officer, agent, or employee terminate, cancel, fail to renew, or substantially change the competitive circumstances of a contract without good cause.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a supplier who terminates, cancels, fails to renew, or substantially changes the competitive circumstances of a contract with good cause is not required to provide any notice or the right to cure a deficiency to a dealer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a supplier terminates, cancels, fails to renew, or substantially changes the competitive circumstances of a contract based upon the dealer’s failure to capture the share of the market required in the contract and the supplier has worked with the dealer for a minimum of 12 months to gain the desired market share, the supplier shall provide a dealer with at least 90 days’ written notice of the termination of the agreement and a 60 day right to cure.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, a dealer who terminates a contract with a supplier shall notify the supplier of the termination within 90 days prior to the effective date of the termination.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Each notification required under this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be in writing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Contain:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A statement of intention to terminate the contract;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A statement of the reasons for the termination; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The date on which the termination takes effect; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Be delivered to the supplier or dealer by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Certified mail; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Personal delivery.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
