Right To Repair

North Carolina to study need for Tractor Right to Repair

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.

PIRG Right to Repair Campaign Director speaks at a podium in front of a National Farmers Union backdrop.
Kevin O'Reilly

Former Director, Campaign for the Right to Repair, PIRG

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