The obligation of any supplier or dealer is applied to and made an obligation of any successor in interest or assignee of the supplier or dealer. A successor in interest includes any purchaser of the assets or stock, any surviving entity resulting from merger or liquidation, any receiver, or any trustee of the original supplier or dealer. (Added 1993, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 4, 1994.)