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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE 5-08
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Date: Mon, 26 May 2008
ACCC Legislative Alert: SB1549
Dear ACCC Supporters,
SB 1549 has been completely rewritten and is now a DMV study bill. This bill is a study to how to identify the cars in our hobby. This can result in a bill to protect our hobby. The ACCC is supporting this bill and we would like everyone to contact their respective Senator and ask for their support on this bill.
You can find your Senator and their contact information here at: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html
Again we urge you to support SB1549 and contact your Senator to help keep our hobby alive.
The ACCC thanks all of you for your support and if you are not a member now's the time to join.
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Fred Evenson , President - Association of California Car Clubs
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008
SB 1549 (Florez) Passes the Senate
SB 1549 just passed the Senate with a 23-13 vote. The bill now heads to the Assembly for consideration.
Rod Brewer, Capitol Director
Office of Senator Dean Florez
(916) 651-4016 • (916) 327-5989 (fax)
The Latest Bills to Watch
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008
ACCC Legislative Alert: AB2063 and AB616
Dear ACCC Supporters,
Below is an update on legislation affecting the ACCC. Please take a moment to read the below information and send a letter to your appropriate representative communicating disapproval of AB 616.
A.B. 2063, which as introduced, would have required all counties in Calif. to have biennial smog check. This bill has been abandoned by the author, Assemblyperson Nicole Para (D- Bakersfield), so is no longer an issue.
A.B. 616, as introduced would require all vehicles in the smog check system to be smoged every year when they reach 15 years old. This has turned into a 2 year bill, and the author, Dave Jones, (D-Sacramento) has decided to proceed on with it. At this time the bill has passed the complete Assembly and is in the State Senate Appropriations Committee awaiting the author to call for a vote on it. After that, it will come before the entire Senate, then to the Governor. It is speculated that if it passes the Appropriations Committee, it will also pass the Senate on Party lines, and the Governor will sign it.
It is very important for people that live in Senatorial Districts where their representative is on the Senate Appropriations Committee to communicate their disapproval of this bill. A letter is best, a phone call is 2nd best. Doing both is ideal. If you know someone in these Districts, that is not aware of this bill, please let them know the importance of this critical situation.
Again the ACCC thanks all of you for your support and if you are not a member now's the time to join.
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Fred Evenson, President - Association of California Car Clubs
MAY 7-9, 2008: THE 2008 ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA CAR CLUBS, INC. LEGISLATIVE
CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE TOWE AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM 2200
FRONT STREET SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:53:35 +0000
SB 1549 was passed in the Senate Appropriations Committee with a 14 yes and 0 no vote. The bill is now in the Senate suspense file and is estimated to cost $100 - 250K for the study.The study is under evaluation with the DMV and the DMV will be contracting out with a private firm and will be consulting with us. The DMV person is Dennis Clear and he and I have been in contact about his presentation at the conference. I will be personally contacting him about the study and let you know of any further progress.
Thanks for all your support
Bob Stearns
ACCC Legislative Liaison
Old
Car Emissions Exemption Threatened in 8 California Counties;
Hearing Scheduled for April 1
Legislation (S.B. 1549) has been introduced in the California
State Senate by Senator Dean Florez (senator.florez@sen.ca.gov )
to repeal the state's current emissions test exemption
for pre-1976 vehicles registered by new owners in the San
Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District.
The District includes eight counties in California's Central
Valley: San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare and the valley portion of
Kern. Under the bill, after Jan. 1, 2009, new owners seeking
to register a pre-1976 vehicle in these eight counties
would be subject to emissions tests for the life of the
vehicle. S.B. 1549 is scheduled to be considered by the California Senate Transportation
and Housing Committee on April 1, 2008.
We Urge You to Call, E-Mail or Fax Senator Florez and Members
of the Senate Transportation Committee (List Attached)
Immediately to Oppose S.B. 1549
Existing law in California exempts all pre-1976 vehicles
from emissions testing.
California's current emissions testing exemption recognizes
the minimal impact of pre-1976 motor vehicles on emissions
and air quality.
Pre-1976 vehicles constitute a small and shrinking portion
of the overall vehicle population in California and are
a poor source from which to look for further emissions
reductions.
Pre-1976 antique and classic vehicles are overwhelmingly
well-maintained.
Repeal of the exemption in the San Joaquin Valley could
lead the Legislature to target other areas in the state
in the future.
Legislators and regulators are again 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, as it has in previous
amendments to the old car exemption!
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