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Summary of Question 1
This proposed law would prohibit any motor vehicle manufacturer, starting with model year 2015, from selling or leasing, either directly or through a dealer, a new motor vehicle without allowing the owner to have access to the same diagnostic and repair information made available to the manufacturer's dealers and in-state authorized repair facilities. The manufacturer would have to allow the owner, or the owner's designated in-state independent repair facility (one not affiliated with a manufacturer or its authorized dealers), to obtain diagnostic and repair information electronically, on an hourly, daily, monthly, or yearly subscription basis, for no more than fair market value and on terms that do not unfairly favor dealers and authorized repair facilities. The manufacturer would have to provide access to the information through a non-proprietary vehicle interface, using a standard applied in federal emissions-control regulations. Such information would have to include the same content, and be in the same form and accessible in the same manner, as is provided to the manufacturer's dealers and authorized repair facilities. For vehicles manufactured from 2002 through model year 2014, the proposed law would require a manufacturer of motor vehicles sold in Massachusetts to make available for purchase, by vehicle owners and in-state independent repair facilities, the same diagnostic and repair information that the manufacturer makes available through an electronic system to its dealers and in-state authorized repair facilities. Manufacturers would have to make such information available in the same form and manner, and to the same extent, as they do for dealers and authorized repair facilities. The information would be available for purchase on an hourly, daily, monthly, or yearly subscription basis, for no more than fair market value and on terms that do not unfairly favor dealers and authorized repair facilities. For vehicles manufactured from 2002 through model year 2014, the proposed law would also require manufacturers to make available for purchase, by vehicle owners and in-state independent repair facilities, all diagnostic repair tools, incorporating the same diagnostic, repair and wireless capabilities as those available to dealers and authorized repair facilities. Such tools would have to be made available for no more than fair market value and on terms that do not unfairly favor dealers and authorized repair facilities. For all years covered by the proposed law, the required diagnostic and repair information would not include the information necessary to reset a vehicle immobilizer, an anti-theft device that prevents a vehicle from being started unless the correct key code is present. Such information would have to be made available to dealers, repair facilities, and owners through a separate, secure data release system. The proposed law would not require a manufacturer to reveal a trade secret and would not interfere with any agreement made by a manufacturer, dealer, or authorized repair facility that is in force on the effective date of the proposed law. Starting January 1, 2013, the proposed law would prohibit any agreement that waives or limits a manufacturer's compliance with the proposed law. Any violation of the proposed law would be treated as a violation of existing state consumer protection and unfair trade-practices laws.

2012 - Franklin County - Question 1Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives on or before May 1, 2012?

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Franklin County Results
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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
28,945
4,607
4,474 38,026
Ashfield
 
954
114
62
1,130
Bernardston
 
809
145
227
1,181
Buckland
 
774
124
157
1,055
Charlemont
 
534
65
44
643
Colrain
 
703
126
64
893
Conway
 
1,061
136
63
1,260
Deerfield
 
2,342
352
342
3,036
Erving
 
581
108
89
778
Gill
 
659
124
117
900
Greenfield More »
 
5,895
1,002
1,577
8,474
Hawley
 
160
30
11
201
Heath
 
357
57
21
435
Leverett
 
1,051
126
65
1,242
Leyden
 
362
67
34
463
Monroe
 
38
13
2
53
Montague More »
 
3,349
595
309
4,253
New Salem
 
482
87
39
608
Northfield
 
1,156
200
282
1,638
Orange More »
 
2,421
467
381
3,269
Rowe
 
195
33
15
243
Shelburne
 
853
135
164
1,152
Shutesbury
 
1,094
92
73
1,259
Sunderland
 
1,482
191
204
1,877
Warwick
 
360
63
35
458
Wendell
 
469
53
39
561
Whately
 
804
102
58
964
County Totals
28,945
4,607
4,474 38,026