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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 - Essex 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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City/Town Ward Pct Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
272,066
46,713
49,323 368,102
Amesbury More »
 
6,620
858
1,045
8,523
Andover More »
 
14,588
2,333
1,909
18,830
Beverly More »
 
15,763
2,543
2,714
21,020
Boxford More »
 
4,097
568
528
5,193
Danvers More »
 
11,324
1,855
1,459
14,638
Essex
 
1,768
268
144
2,180
Georgetown More »
 
3,820
553
574
4,947
Gloucester More »
 
11,807
1,531
2,351
15,689
Groveland More »
 
3,020
492
490
4,002
Hamilton More »
 
3,453
485
591
4,529
Haverhill More »
 
20,504
3,710
3,909
28,123
Ipswich More »
 
6,380
963
1,070
8,413
Lawrence More »
 
11,872
4,313
5,867
22,052
Lynn More »
 
23,126
4,360
4,771
32,257
Lynnfield More »
 
5,593
885
814
7,292
Manchester-by-the-Sea
 
2,690
372
481
3,543
Marblehead More »
 
9,519
1,239
1,946
12,704
Merrimac More »
 
2,782
399
423
3,604
Methuen More »
 
15,435
3,464
2,773
21,672
Middleton More »
 
3,599
494
563
4,656
Nahant
 
1,829
234
257
2,320
Newbury More »
 
3,452
437
592
4,481
Newburyport More »
 
8,850
1,031
1,182
11,063
N. Andover More »
 
11,869
2,090
1,384
15,343
Peabody More »
 
19,821
3,793
3,502
27,116
Rockport More »
 
3,998
454
322
4,774
Rowley
 
2,837
412
345
3,594
Salem More »
 
14,100
2,386
3,361
19,847
Salisbury More »
 
3,321
467
526
4,314
Saugus More »
 
10,862
1,805
1,154
13,821
Swampscott More »
 
6,281
888
1,131
8,300
Topsfield
 
3,111
464
517
4,092
Wenham
 
1,727
274
372
2,373
W. Newbury
 
2,248
293
256
2,797
County Totals
272,066
46,713
49,323 368,102