                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONTINUED RIGHTS OF DEALERS UPON SALE OR ASSIGNMENT OF FRANCHISE AGREEMENT (§
59.1-21.15:1)

Any franchise between a dealer and a refiner located in Planning District 8 in
effect on or after January 1, 2008, which franchise is sold or assigned to a
third party shall require such acquiring third party, and its successors,
assigns, affiliates and subsidiaries, to comply with, provide, grant, and make
available to the dealer and to any successor of the dealer any and all rights,
privileges, or protections provided for in this chapter and required of or
enforceable against the assigning refiner-franchisor except for such sale or
assignment. With respect to the requirements of § 59.1-21.16:2, the one and
one-half mile restriction shall only apply to a franchise location which is sold
or assigned on or after January 1, 2008.

HISTORY: 2008, c. 837.