Florida HB 1255: Education

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to portable wireless device repair; 2
creating XIV of ch. 559, F.S., entitled "Digital Right 3
to Repair"; creating s. 559.971, F.S.; providing a 4
short title; creating s. 559.972, F.S.; providing 5
definitions; creating s. 559.973, F.S.; requiring 6
portable wireless device manufacturers to make certain 7
items available to device owners and independent 8
repair providers; prohibiting certain manufacturers 9
from requiring authorized repair providers to continue 10
purchasing certain information in a proprietary 11
format; providing an exception; creating s. 559.974, 12
F.S.; providing for enforcement; providing for 13
damages; providing that a complaint may be filed in 14
circuit court under certain circumstances; providing 15
requirements for such complaint; providing that a 16
violation is a deceptive and unfair trade practice; 17
creating s. 559.975, F.S.; providing construction; 18
creating s. 559.976, F.S.; providing applicability; 19
creating s. 686.35, F.S.; providing definitions; 20
requiring original equipment manufacturers of 21
agricultural equipment to make certain diagnostic and 22
repair information available for no charge and in a 23
certain manner to independent repair providers and 24
owners; prohibiting original equipment manufacturers 25

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from excluding certain information concerning 26
security-related electronic functions; providing 27
construction; providing civil liability; providing an 28
effective date. 29
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 31
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Section 1. Part XIV of chapter 559, Florida Statutes, 33
consisting of ss. 559.971-559.976, Florida Statutes, is created 34
and entitled "Digital Right to Repair." 35
Section 2. Section 559.971, Florida Statutes, is created 36
to read: 37
559.971 Short title.—This part may be cited as the 38
"Portable Wireless Device Repair Act." 39
Section 3. Section 559.972, Florida Statutes, is created 40
to read: 41
559.972 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term: 42
(1) "Authorized repair provider" means: 43
(a) An individual or a business that is unaffiliated with 44
the manufacturer and has an arrangement with the manufacturer 45
under which the manufacturer grants to the individual or 46
business a license to use a trade name, service mark, or other 47
proprietary identifier for the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair 48
of portable wireless devices under the name of the manufacturer, 49
or any other arrangement with the manufacturer to offer services 50

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on behalf of the manufacturer; or 51
(b) A manufacturer that offers the services of diagnosis, 52
maintenance, or repair of portable wireless devices manufactured 53
by the manufacturer or on the manufacturer's behalf, or sold or 54
otherwise supplied by the manufacturer, and that does not do so 55
exclusively through one or more arrangements as described in 56
paragraph (a) with an unaffiliated individual or business. 57
(2) "Documentation" means a manual, a diagram, a reporting 58
output, a service code description, a schematic, a security code 59
or a password, or any other information used in the diagnosis, 60
maintenance, or repair of portable wireless devices. 61
(3) "Fair and reasonable terms," for purposes of obtaining 62
a part, a tool, or documentation, means costs and terms that are 63
equivalent to the most favorable costs and terms under which the 64
manufacturer offers the part, the tool, or the documentation to 65
an authorized repair provider, accounting for any discount, 66
rebate, convenient and timely means of delivery, means of 67
enabling fully restored and updated functionality, rights of 68
use, or other incentive or preference that the manufacturer 69
offers to an authorized repair provider or any additional cost, 70
burden, or impediment that the manufacturer imposes on an owner 71
or independent repair provider. For documentation, including any 72
relevant updates, the term also means at no charge, except that, 73
when the documentation is requested in print form, a charge may 74
be included for the reasonable actual costs of preparing and 75

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mailing the documentation. 76
(4) "Independent repair provider" means an individual or a 77
business that does not have an arrangement with a manufacturer 78
as an authorized repair provider and that is not affil