Contact:	Caroline Fuller (202) 543-1440 c.fuller@att.net
For Release:	Immediate News Bulletin PR-17 March 16, 2007

ASA Calls on Florida Repairers
to Oppose Right to Repair Act

Repairers are Asked to Contact State Legislature

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 16, 2007 - The Automotive Service Association (ASA) is urging Florida shop owners to contact their state senate members asking that they oppose Senate Bill 2890, the Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act.

If enacted, Senate Bill 2890 would rely on a state government agency and the Florida court system to assist repairers in acquiring automotive service information. It also "requires the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to adopt rules setting forth a method by which a manufacturer of motor vehicles must provide certain information."

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, 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 president and chief staff executive, serves as an NASTF board member.

ASA asks Florida repairers to contact their state senators and urge them to oppose the Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act, S.B. 2890.

To view the language of FL S.B. 2890 in its entirety, visit ASA's legislative Web site, www.TakingTheHill.com. Click on "Information Availability" and then "State Legislation" on the left menu.

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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