Section 37-5-5.5 - Reimbursement for computer and signage costs incurred under requirements of wholesaler, manufacturer or distributorA wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor shall also repurchase from the dealer and the dealer shall sell any specialized computer hardware or software, specialized tool, or signage which the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor required the dealer to purchase or lease as part of the dealer agreement. Upon delivery to the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor of any such specialized computer hardware or software, tool, or signage, the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor shall pay to the dealer:
(1) For such computer hardware and software specifically required by the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor purchased within the last five years, the net cost less twenty percent per year depreciation. For purposes of this subdivision, the term, software, means software that is sourced from the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor, or its approved vendor, to meet the minimum requirements of the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor;(2) For current logoed signage constituting the principal outdoor signage required by the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor, identifying the dealer as its representative, the original net cost to the dealer less fifteen percent per year, but in no case less than twenty percent of the original net cost to the dealer;(3) For any specialized diagnostic or repair tool required by the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor which is unique to the product line and in complete, usable condition, seventy-five percent of the original net cost to the dealer if within ten years of purchase by the dealer, provided that any new, unused specialized repair tool applicable to the products of the wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor shall be purchased at one hundred percent of the original net cost to the dealer.SL 2001, ch 212, §2; SL 2004, ch 254, §8.