For everyone else reading, you should look here: ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/83R/billtext/html/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB01659I.htm ftp://ftp.legis.

For everyone else reading, you should look here: ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/83R/billtext/html/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB01659I.htm ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/83R/billtext/html/house_bills/HB03300_HB03399/HB03351I.htm The above are linked from here: http://www.teslamotors.com/advocacy_texas http://www.teslamotors.com/advocacy_texas I believe the issue bob13579 is bringing up (in the least helpful and most aggravating way possible) is that these bills effectively single out Tesla. Read the amendment in section 1. I think it means that the exclusion would only apply to electric- or battery-only car manufacturers doing business in Texas on or before 3/1/2013. This is surely only Tesla. My opinion is that the existing law should not exist. But it does, and (again, my opinion) if this bill had 'done the right thing' and tried to remove the protection for all dealers, it would have received even less consideration. Is this protectionism something that can be tested for constitutionality in the courts? Has it been already? It seems like the sort of thing that ought to get litigated.