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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 - Norfolk 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
264,506
42,550
51,207 358,263
Avon
 
1,674
300
439
2,413
Bellingham More »
 
3,246
4,389
949
8,584
Braintree More »
 
14,817
2,194
2,660
19,671
Brookline More »
 
21,756
2,863
4,170
28,789
Canton More »
 
9,098
1,290
2,083
12,471
Cohasset More »
 
3,771
540
607
4,918
Dedham More »
 
9,882
1,502
2,382
13,766
Dover
 
2,759
394
440
3,593
Foxborough More »
 
7,360
1,038
1,385
9,783
Franklin More »
 
13,586
1,903
2,057
17,546
Holbrook More »
 
4,197
669
680
5,546
Medfield More »
 
5,738
798
934
7,470
Medway More »
 
5,883
792
620
7,295
Millis More »
 
3,575
523
677
4,775
Milton More »
 
11,239
1,674
3,054
15,967
Needham More »
 
12,766
1,669
2,991
17,426
Norfolk More »
 
4,578
567
596
5,741
Norwood More »
 
10,820
1,486
2,634
14,940
Plainville More »
 
3,362
482
644
4,488
Quincy More »
 
30,110
4,641
5,883
40,634
Randolph More »
 
10,181
1,939
3,071
15,191
Sharon More »
 
8,353
890
1,155
10,398
Stoughton More »
 
10,431
1,678
1,880
13,989
Walpole More »
 
10,889
1,501
1,713
14,103
Wellesley More »
 
10,958
1,767
2,456
15,181
Westwood More »
 
6,672
967
1,490
9,129
Weymouth More »
 
21,847
3,381
2,861
28,089
Wrentham More »
 
4,958
713
696
6,367
County Totals
264,506
42,550
51,207 358,263