Written protests: Notice; manufacturer or distributor not to take further action pending determination; hearing; consolidation of hearings.

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1. If the Director receives a written protest from a dealer pursuant to NRS 482.36352, 482.36354 or 482.36357, the Director shall give notice as follows:

(a) To the manufacturer or distributor, that the protest has been filed and that the manufacturer or distributor may not take the intended action which has given rise to the protest until the Director has made his or her findings and issued an order permitting the manufacturer or distributor to do so; and

(b) To any other dealer who has requested such a notice or who may be adversely affected by the intended action, that the protest has been filed.

2. A manufacturer or distributor who receives a notice pursuant to this section shall not proceed with the action which has given rise to the protest until the Director notifies the manufacturer or distributor that the Director has made a decision authorizing the manufacturer or distributor to proceed with that action.

3. Upon completion of discovery by the parties, the Director shall schedule a hearing upon the protest, to be held within 60 days thereafter.

4. If two or more protests are filed concerning a particular intended action, the Director may consolidate the hearings on the protests.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 701; A 1999, 2510)


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