The Agriculture and Forestry Awareness Study Commission will provide a report and any proposed legislation to the General Assembly prior to the start of the 2023 legislative session.
The North Carolina General Assembly passed the Farm Act, which includes a provision requiring the Agriculture and Forestry Awareness Study Commission to “study whether to establish requirements for manufacturers of farm equipment to make documentation, parts, software, or tools required to diagnose, maintain, or repair electronically enabled farm equipment available to owners of the farm equipment or independent repair providers in the same manner as the documentation, parts, software, or tools are available to the manufacturer’s authorized repair provider and, if so, the limitations and enforcement mechanisms that should apply to those requirements.”
The commission is required to present its findings and any proposed legislation before the start of the 2023 session.
It's harder than it should be to fix our stuff. Manufacturers of every electronic product from toasters to tractors create barriers that stymie repair from owners or independent repair businesses. It's fueling a rise in electronic waste, the loss of independent repair businesses -- and ultimately more cost and more waste for consumers.
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