NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has received the petition for declaratory statement from Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Section 320.645, Florida Statutes, as it applies to the petitioner.
The petition requests a statement as to whether the restrictions upon ownership of a dealership by a licensee provided in Section 320.645, Florida Statutes (2008), apply to Petitioner Toyota Tsusho America, Inc., so as to prohibit it from owning and operating Toyota automobile dealerships, some of which may include Lexus franchises, in the State of Florida.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Peter N. Stoumbelis, Senior Assistant General Counsel.
Please refer all comments to: Peter N. Stoumbelis, Senior Assistant General Counsel, 2900 Apalachee Parkway, A-432, Tallahassee, FL 32399, (850)617-3101.