Colorado Becomes First State with Right-to-Repair Law

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科罗拉多州成为第一个拥有 "维修权 "法律的州

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modern farmer

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粮食和食物安全专题

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政策法规

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英语

原文发布日期：

2023-05-04

摘要：

Last week, Colorado governor Jared Polis signed the aptly named Consumer Right to Repair Agricultural Equipment bill into state law. Starting January 1, 2024, manufacturers of agricultural equipment will be legally required to provide consumers with anything they need in order to make their own repairs. This can include equipment, tools, software, manuals, parts and more. The bill is a long time coming, not just in Colorado, but across the country. Farmers have long been asking for the ability to repair their own equipment, as time without crucial machinery such as tractors can cause huge losses. Right now, farmers either have to go to designated repair centers and take time hauling equipment back and forth or they have to risk hacking past system locks that manufacturers increasingly install. Equipment manufacturers generally oppose right-to-repair legislation, and they say they have multiple concerns. Allowing farmers to repair their own tractors gives them the ability to bypass things such as emission controls and horsepower regulations, which manufacturers argue is unsafe. They have also argued that making these documents widely accessible could lead to exposing trade secrets.