HB261 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Curtis L. Travis Representative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Right to repair agricultural equipment, equipment manufacturers to make documentation, software and other components available to equipment owners and independent service providers at fair and reasonable terms, trade secrets excepted.

Description

An owner of agricultural equipment or an independent service provider that repairs agricultural equipment may find that certain documentation, tools, software or other components of the equipment needed to diagnose the problem, make a repair and maintain the equipment are made inaccessible to them by the manufacturer.

This bill would require that an agricultural equipment manufacturer facilitate the repair and maintenance of its equipment by providing owners and independent service providers with the resources needed to diagnose, repair and maintain its equipment at fair and reasonable costs and terms, provided that it shall not be required to divulge any trade secret.

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Subjects

Consumer Protection