Additional franchises of same line/make--Public interest--Hearing

No franchisor may enter into a franchise for the purpose of establishing an additional snowmobile dealership in any community in which the same line/make is currently represented, unless the franchisor has first established in a hearing held under the provisions of chapter 1-26 that an additional dealership under such franchise is in the public interest. Source: SL 1994, ch 248, § 4.