I am happy to report back on our recent legislative success that will benefit the dealers of Montana. I would like to give a special thank you to our team: Scott Reichner our Contract Lobbyist, Jim Sewell and Craig Charlton, our Attorneys, Bruce Knudsen our Executive Vice President, our Legislative Committee our Board and of course the dealers of Montana. It was definitely a team sport. Certainly a job well done. MTADA’s successful legislative program for the 2023 Session, sponsored by Sen. Barry Usher, just concluded with a celebratory signing by Governor Gianforte. Senate Bill 411, as passed and signed by the Governor, addresses the following issues. Update to Data Privacy Law MTADA was successful in seeing a data privacy and protection statute enacted into law in the 2019 Session as Mont. Code Ann. §30-11-717, 718 and 719. The existing law was similar to AZ, but not identical. The AZ law was upheld by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. SB 411 revised the Montana statutes to mirror the provisions of the approved AZ law. Pg. 1 to pg. 4, line 3. Update the Definition of “Motor Vehicle” The definition of Motor Vehicle was revised to include motorboats. Personal watercraft (i.e. jet skis) were already included in the definition, and it appeared omitting motorboats may have been an oversight. The effect of this amendment is to give motorboat dealers the same statutory protections afforded to jet ski dealers. Pg. 18, line 17. By Don Kaltschmidt Legislative Committee Chairman MTADA 2023 MTADA LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY 14
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