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BOTH ONLINE AND ON ALL MOBILE
DEVICES.
MASSACHUSETTS FACES THE PUZZLING
PROSPECT OF HAVING TWO
FIRST-IN-THE- NATION CAR REPAIR
LAWS ON ITS BOOKS. 22 NEWS
STATE HOUSE REPORTER CHRISTINE
LEE EXPLAINS HOW THE POSSIBILITY
HAS CONFUSED STATE OFFICIALS.
SUPPORTERS OF A NOVEMBER BALLOT
QUESTION CONCERNING AUTO REPAIR
INFORMATION ARE NOW BACKING AWAY
FROM A SIMILAR BILL THEY HELPED
PASS OVER THE SUMMER. POLL
NUMBERS SHOW THAT MASSACHUSETTS
VOTERS ARE LIKELY TO VOTE YES TO
BALLOT QUESTION ONE, WHICH ASKS
IF CAR DEALERS SHOULD SHARE
REPAIR DATA WITH INDEPENDENT
GARAGES. THE PROBLEM IS THE
LEGISLATURE ALREADY PASSED A
SIMILAR BILL OVER THE SUMMER,
WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE
WOULD BE AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN
TO TELL VOTERS THAT ANSWERING
THE BALLOT QUESTION WAS NO
LONGER NECESSARY. BUT THE RIGHT
TO REPAIR COMMITTEE, THE KEY
INITIATORS OF THE BALLOT
QUESTION, ARE REVERSING COURSE
AND TELLING VOTERS TO VOTE YES
TO THE BALLOT QUESTION. SOT
GOV. DEVAL PATRICK: I FEEL A
LITTLE MYSTIFIED BY WHAT'S
HAPPENED . THIS WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS COMPETING FOR THE
ATTENTION OF THE LEGISLATURE AND
THEY ACTED OUT OF AN
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS AN
AGREEMENT THAT WOULD AVOID THE
BALLOT QUESTION. THERE ARE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE LAW AND
BALLOT QUESTION, FOR INSTANCE
THE BALLOT QUESTION ISSUES
PENALTIES TO DEALERS WHOSE
PARENT COMPANY VIOLATES
INFORMATION SHARING LAWS. LOOK
LIVE: LAWMAKERS SAY THEY WILL
LIKELY HAVE TO REVISIT THE RIGHT
TO REPAIR ISSUE IF VOTERS
APPROVE BALLOT QUESTION ONE IN
NOVEMBER. IN BOSTON, CHRISTINE
LEE, 22 NEWS.