The Automotive Service Association (ASA) has announced its opposition to recently introduced Right to Repair legislation in Maine and Massachusetts.
Maine Rep. Bernard L.A. Ayotte (R-3) recently introduced House Bill 539. This bill requires motor vehicle manufacturers to make available to vehicle owners and independent motor vehicle repair facilities diagnostic and repair information and equipment at no more than fair market value and in a way that does not unfairly favor the manufacturers’ dealers and authorized repair facilities.
Similar legislation, establishing the Massachusetts state government as a regulator of service information, was passed by the legislature and signed by the governor of Massachusetts last year. In addition, voters in Massachusetts approved a ballot initiative establishing a new Right to Repair law in Massachusetts. Automobile manufacturer trade associations and parts distributors both supported this legislation.
"ASA supports a marketplace solution for independent repairers obtaining service information as outlined by the 2002 ASA-Automaker Service Information Agreement and not additional state or federal laws on this issue," said the association in a recent statement.
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