10-1-679.1. Legislative intent; variation by contract of article’s effect prohibited.

This article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying remedial purposes and policies.#

The underlying purposes and policies of this article are:#

1. (1)

   To promote the compelling interest of the public in fair business relations between recreational vehicle dealers and grantors and in the continuation of recreational vehicle dealerships on a fair basis;#

2. (2)

   To protect recreational vehicle dealers against unfair treatment by grantors who inherently have superior economic power and superior bargaining power in the negotiations of recreational vehicle dealerships;#

3. (3)

   To provide recreational vehicle dealers with rights and remedies in addition to those existing by contract or common law; and#

4. (4)

   To govern all franchise agreements for recreational vehicle dealerships, including any renewals or amendments, to the full extent consistent with the Constitutions of Georgia and the United States.#

The effect of this article may not be varied by contract or agreement. Any contract or agreement purporting to do so is void and unenforceable to that extent only.#