Contact:	Caroline Fuller (202) 543-1440 c.fuller@att.net
For Release:	Immediate News Bulletin PR-24 April 16, 2007

ASA Calls on New York Repairers to Contact State Assembly

Show Opposition for Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 16, 2007 - The Automotive Service Association (ASA) is urging New York automotive repair shop owners to contact their state Assembly members to ask that they oppose New York state Assembly Bill 5817, the Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act.

Assembly Bill 5817 would rely on a state government agency and the New York court system to assist repairers in acquiring automotive service information. The bill has been assigned to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.

The Motor Vehicles Owners' Right to Repair Act would put at risk the progress that has been made through the Automotive Service Association-Automaker Agreement, which already provides independent repairers access to service, tool and training information via automaker Web sites.

Right to Repair legislation has failed on the federal level in the past several congresses. Proponents of Right to Repair legislation have now moved to the state level.

ASA and other segments of the auto industry are working through the voluntary National Automotive Service Task Force (NASTF), www.nastf.org, to ensure repairers timely service information via the automaker Web sites. ASA is pleased that NASTF has made significant recent progress with security code information. Ron Pyle, ASA's president and chief staff executive, serves as a board member of NASTF.

ASA asks New York repairers to contact their state Assemblymen and urge them to oppose the Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act, Assembly Bill 5817.

To view the language of NY A. 5817 in its entirety, and send a letter in opposition of this legislation, visit ASA's legislative Web site, www.TakingTheHill.com. Click on "Information Availability" in the left margin and select "State Legislation."

The Automotive Service Association is the largest not-for-profit trade association of its kind serving an international membership base that includes numerous affiliate, state and chapter groups from all segments of the automotive service industry. ASA's headquarters is in Bedford, Texas.

ASA advances professionalism and excellence in the automotive repair industry through education, representation and member services. For additional information about ASA, including past news releases, go to www.asashop.org, or visit ASA's legislative Web site at www.TakingTheHill.com.

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