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Executive Order 2020-45

Minimum eight-vehicle sales requirement for automobile dealer license renewal suspended for the 2021 renewal period because 'the coronavirus pandemic significantly decreased the demand for new and used vehicles'

Governor Doug Burgum (for NDDOT Motor Vehicle Division) · North Dakota (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
North Dakota
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
N.D. Const. art. V, § 1; N.D.C.C. ch. 37-17.1; N.D.C.C. § 39-22-18
Issued
2020-12-18 Dec. 18, 2020
Effective
2020-12-18
End
2020-12-31 (by its terms; applies to 2021 renewals) (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
Dec. 18, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • licensed automobile dealerships
  • NDDOT Motor Vehicle Division
Functions reached
  • SR showroom and sales (State finding of decreased demand)
  • DM licensing
Collection
North Dakota ND

Operative words

WHEREAS, the coronavirus pandemic significantly decreased the demand for new and used vehicles, resulting in approximately 50 automobile dealerships in North Dakota at risk of not meeting the minimum sales requirement (eight vehicles) under NDCC § 39-22-18.... the minimum motor vehicle sales requirement under NDCC § 39-22-18 will be temporarily suspended for the 2021 renewal period.

Enforcement

Suspension of statute

Notes

The State's own finding for the dealer industry: pandemic demand loss put about fifty dealerships below the statutory sales floor.

Retrieval note

The Governor's release announcing it is dated January 28, 2021; the executed order is dated December 18, 2020.

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