[Sniady]

Copied from a e-mail I recieved this mourning:


Dear California NMA Members,

Senate Bill 708 repeals the current pro-hobbyist exemption for
vehicles 30
years and older and replaces it with an exemption for vehicles
that are 45
or more model years old commencing January 1, 2005.

We urge you to contact your State Senators to oppose SB 708.

** Existing law in California exempts all pre-1974 vehicles from
emissions
testing until 2003. After 2003, vehicles 30-years old and older
are exempt
from emissions testing.

** California's current emissions testing exemption recognizes the
minimal
impact of vehicles 30-years old and older on vehicle emissions and
air
quality.

** Vehicles 30-years old and older constitute a small portion of
the overall
vehicle population and are a poor source from which to look for
emissions
reduction.

** Antique and classic vehicles are overwhelmingly well-maintained
and
infrequently driven (about one-third the miles each year as a new
vehicle).

** Legislators and regulators are feeling the heat from a failed
effort to
meet air quality goals and are looking for a convenient scapegoat.
The old
car hobby should not carry the burden of their mistakes!

Please take the time to contact your State Senator on this issue.

To find out who your state senators are, you can visit
http://www.sen.ca.gov/~newsen/senators/senators.htp or contact the
California Senate general information line at 916/445-4311.

If you have any questions about this issue, please contact the
California
Activist Jim Thomas, (Home/work 415/924-2184) or
[email protected]

Also, a big thanks goes to SEMA for alerting us to this bill.

Best regards,

Eric Skrum
Communications Director

Celebrating 20 years of protecting your rights!

National Motorists Association 608/849-6000
[email protected] www.motorists.org
Advocating, Protecting, and Representing the Rights of North
American
Motorists

 

[Sniady]

Copied from Pelican Parts:

State Senator Dean Florez has authored a bill (SB 708) which if passed will repeal the emissions exemption on cars 30 years or older in California. If this bill passe, effective 1/1/04 the new requirement will be that cars must now be 45 years or older to be exempt from emissions testing. That means all of our '74 and older cars will be subject to emissions testing!!!

I think we all realize that 30 year old cars, that are typically meticulously maintained and driven sparingly, are not a significant threat to California's environment and clean air.

If you share my opposition to this bill, I urge you to write to your state senator. You can find your state senator by going to the following link:

http://www.sen.ca.gov/~newsen/senators/senators.htp


Knowing that people are somtimes lazy about this kind of stuff, I have written a letter to Senator Florez, the bill's author. Email me for the letter and I will send it to you. All you then need to do is put in the date and your name, print it out, sign it and send it to the Senator.

Who knows - if we band together maybe we can make a diffeerence. Remember, it's better to voice an opinion now than to cry after this bill passes!

[email protected]

 

[RainMeister]

Ridiculous! Write Senator Florez.

Thanks for the heads up. I just sent an email to Senator Florez expressing my outrage over this petty bill. With politicians like him, it's no wonder the state is in the current fiscal mess. RM

 

[italcarguy]

Sniady For Senate

Sniady,
I found a job for you! Run for senate and introduce all kinds of bills that would benefit us. I have always wanted to run my vintage race car down the street with no lights, open exhaust, and no bumpers. after all, it is a historically signifigant vehicle.

 

[Ping]

I just read that Sen Dean Florez has dropped his position on this after all the calls, e-mails and letters he received including a personal call from Jay Leno himself.

Great work everyone.

Ping

 

[Sniady]

Nice! I knew it was'nt going to make it out of office.

 

[papajam]

Typical bureaucratic bullsh*t!! How can anyone in their right mind try to impose emission standards on vehicles built prior to 1968 that never had emission controls to begin with? Reminds me of the almost-ban on Indycar racing back in the '70s to save gasoline during one of the gas scandles until one of the elected "rocket scientists" discovered that Indycars burn methanol.