§ 545.05, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 545. COMBINATIONS RESTRICTING FINANCING OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Paying or giving anything to finance company to lessen competition prohibited.
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Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
It is unlawful for any manufacturer or wholesale distributor of motor vehicles, to pay or give, or contract to pay or give any thing or service of value to any finance company if the effect of any such payment or the giving of any such thing or service of value may be to lessen or eliminate competition, or tend to create or create a monopoly in the finance company which receives or accepts such thing or service of value.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 4, ch. 18031, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(463).
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