
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, February 3, 1995                   TAG: 9502030082
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ROBERT LITTLE
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

CAR DEALERS' SELF-REGULATION ADVANCES

Virginia car dealers, steering clear of the opposition that swamped many of Gov. George Allen's other legislative proposals Thursday, won a pair of victories that could lead to industry self-regulation.

Two plans to let new- and used-car dealers in the state form a panel essentially to regulate themselves passed easily onto the floors of both General Assembly chambers.

The bills would create a 19-member panel - including nine new-car dealers, seven used-car dealers, two government officials and a consumer - and give it authority to set fees, levy fines, grant licenses, investigate fraud and perform other regulatory responsibilities within the automobile industry.

The plans had broad support. The Department of Motor Vehicles, which regulates car dealers, testified in favor of the idea. So did several car dealers. Committees in both houses of the legislature approved the plan with little opposition.

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