Colorado farmers will be able to legally fix their own equipment next year, with manufacturers like Deere & Co obliged to provide them with manuals for diagnostic software and other aids, under a measure passed by legislators in the first U.S. state to approve such a law.
Farmer Dave Kestel stands in front on his John Deere tractor in Manhattan, Illinois, March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Tom Polansek/File Photo
The Consumer Right to Repair Agriculture Equipment Act passed 46-14 in Colorado's Senate late on Tuesday, after winning approval in the state House of Representatives in February. The bill garnered bipartisan support as farmers grew increasingly frustrated with costly repairs andColorado Governor Jared Polis has 10 days to sign the bill into law and he is expected to do so, according to a spokesperson.
to provide farmers with diagnostic tools, software documents, and repair manuals starting Jan 1. Similar resources must be made available to independent technicians. "If there are no lawsuits or collapse of the industry, it demonstrates that the law is not going to cause chaos like many opponents think it will," Titone said.
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