If a franchisor is not permitted to enter into a franchise for the line-make in the community, no such franchise may thereafter be entered into for the sale of such vehicles in the community unless the franchisor thereafter establishes, in a subsequent hearing held under the provisions of chapter 1-26, that there has been a change of circumstances so that the community at that time can be reasonably expected to support such a dealership.

Source: SL 1986, ch 250, § 56; SL 2010, ch 156, § 11, eff. Mar. 9, 2010.