Pub. 60 2019-2020 Issue 1

6 When Texas Truck Dealers are Needed, Brian Bruckner Always Answers the Call S ervice comes naturally to cer- tain individuals. Such is the case with Brian Bruckner, a third-generation truck dealer and President of Amarillo based Bruck- ner Truck Sales. Brian is TADA’s Texas Truck Dealer Chairman and a member of the TADA Executive Committee. Service to Fellow Dealers and Industry Brian provides the voice for Texas truck dealers at TADA, and he is also one of the key Texas truck dealers engaged in legislative eorts at both the state and federal level. As heavy-duty truck franchise issues have become more prominent in the Texas Legislature these past few sessions with eorts by Cummins Inc. to alter the Texas franchise law to allow a manufacturer to perform sales and service, Brian has stepped up to make the truck dealer voice heard in the Legislature. Brian has generated grassroots opposition to the Cummins eort from fellow Texas truck dealers, made numerous trips to Austin to visit Members of the Legislature on the issue, and testied in legislative committee. Brian has been a critical player in the eort to resist Cummins’ alteration of the law. At the federal level, Brian has been in a select group of truck dealers throughout the country asked to participate in Washington Fly-Ins put on by the American Truck Dealer division of the National Automobile Dealers Association. is is an annual event started ve years ago, and Brian Bruckner is one of the few dealers in the nation to make the trip every year. During his time in Washington, Brian lobbies Members of Congress on specic truck dealer issues. During the 2019 visit in June, Brian advocated for the repeal of the 12% Federal Excise Tax on heavy-duty trucks, a tax in existence since 1917.  BRIAN BRUCKNER — CONTINUED ON PAGE 7