California Old Car Emissions Exemption Threatened
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California Old Car Emissions Exemption Threatened
I'm not from California, but this is definitely bad for the whole hobby:
http://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41230
Might be worth sticky-ing.
Mathius
http://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41230
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!
Please phone, fax or e-mail Senator Florez to express your opposition to S.B. 1549. Senator Florez can be reached at:
E-Mail: Senator.Florez@sen.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 651-4016
Fax: (916) 327-5989
Please phone, fax or e-mail members of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee to express your opposition to S.B. 1549
California Senate Transportation & Housing Committee
(Click here to email all Committee members)
Senator Alan Lowenthal – Chair
Phone: 916/651-4027
Fax: 916/327-9113
Email: Senator.Lowenthal@sen.ca.gov
Senator Tom McClintock
Phone: 916/651-4019
Fax: 916/324-7544
Email: senator.mcclintock@sen.ca.gov
Senator Roy Ashburn
Phone: 916/651-4018
Fax: 916/322-3304
Email: senator.ashburn@sen.ca.gov
Senator Gilbert Cedillo
Phone: 916/651-4022
Fax: 916/327-8817
Email: senator.cedillo@sen.ca.gov
Senator Ellen Corbett
Phone: 916/651-4010
Fax: 916/327-2433
Email: senator.corbett@sen.ca.gov
Senator Bob Dutton
Phone: 916/651-4031
Fax: 916/327-2272
Email: senator.dutton@sen.ca.gov
Senator Tom Harman
Phone: 916/651-4035
Fax: 916/445-9263
Email: senator.harman@sen.ca.gov
Senator Christine Kehoe
Phone: 916/651-4039
Fax: 916/327-2188
Email: senator.kehoe@sen.ca.gov
Senator Jenny Oropeza
Phone: 916/651-4028
Fax: 916/323-6056
Email: senator.oropeza@sen.ca.gov
Senator Joe Simitian
Phone: 916/651-4011
Fax: 916/323-4529
Email: senator.simitian@sen.ca.gov
Senator Tom Torlakson
Phone: 916/651-4007
Fax: 916/445-2527
Email: senator.torlakson@sen.ca.gov
Senator Leland Yee
Phone: 916/651-4008
Fax: 916/327-2186
Email: senator.yee@sen.ca.gov
Please e-mail a copy of your letters to Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org
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!
Please phone, fax or e-mail Senator Florez to express your opposition to S.B. 1549. Senator Florez can be reached at:
E-Mail: Senator.Florez@sen.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 651-4016
Fax: (916) 327-5989
Please phone, fax or e-mail members of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee to express your opposition to S.B. 1549
California Senate Transportation & Housing Committee
(Click here to email all Committee members)
Senator Alan Lowenthal – Chair
Phone: 916/651-4027
Fax: 916/327-9113
Email: Senator.Lowenthal@sen.ca.gov
Senator Tom McClintock
Phone: 916/651-4019
Fax: 916/324-7544
Email: senator.mcclintock@sen.ca.gov
Senator Roy Ashburn
Phone: 916/651-4018
Fax: 916/322-3304
Email: senator.ashburn@sen.ca.gov
Senator Gilbert Cedillo
Phone: 916/651-4022
Fax: 916/327-8817
Email: senator.cedillo@sen.ca.gov
Senator Ellen Corbett
Phone: 916/651-4010
Fax: 916/327-2433
Email: senator.corbett@sen.ca.gov
Senator Bob Dutton
Phone: 916/651-4031
Fax: 916/327-2272
Email: senator.dutton@sen.ca.gov
Senator Tom Harman
Phone: 916/651-4035
Fax: 916/445-9263
Email: senator.harman@sen.ca.gov
Senator Christine Kehoe
Phone: 916/651-4039
Fax: 916/327-2188
Email: senator.kehoe@sen.ca.gov
Senator Jenny Oropeza
Phone: 916/651-4028
Fax: 916/323-6056
Email: senator.oropeza@sen.ca.gov
Senator Joe Simitian
Phone: 916/651-4011
Fax: 916/323-4529
Email: senator.simitian@sen.ca.gov
Senator Tom Torlakson
Phone: 916/651-4007
Fax: 916/445-2527
Email: senator.torlakson@sen.ca.gov
Senator Leland Yee
Phone: 916/651-4008
Fax: 916/327-2186
Email: senator.yee@sen.ca.gov
Please e-mail a copy of your letters to Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org
Mathius
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Re: California Old Car Emissions Exemption Threatened
Yeah, someone else pointed out on another board that the initial law I quoted was repealed, and the original post is dated as for this taking place April 1st, 2008, but I posted it because the info on the last page indicates they're trying new measures and standards (you can see the thread was bumped a few days back to point this out).
I also found this on Chevytalk.com:
http://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/sh.../post/new/#NEW
Don't know who "Florez" is, but apparently this stuff is still an issue, and there's never a bad time to write your senator.
Mathius
I also found this on Chevytalk.com:
This bozo Florez tries this EVERY year, but now, he is closer to getting it passed as ever before. That is what his leftist party wants, ALL older vehicles crushed, ALL of them off the roads, out of the museums, gone, done, none left. They want YOU and I to drive new econo-boxes with NO class, and, replace them EVERY 5 years, it's called the AlGore Syndrome.
Kalifornia has been completely out of control for many years, those totally left people have it really messed up.
Kalifornia has been completely out of control for many years, those totally left people have it really messed up.
Don't know who "Florez" is, but apparently this stuff is still an issue, and there's never a bad time to write your senator.
Mathius
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Re: California Old Car Emissions Exemption Threatened
Last time time he took a bill he authored on divorce court procedures and just before final approval gutted that bill and inserted his emissions bill. He almost got away with it.
Hes some new rep from the Sac area and needs to be taught a ethics lesson in a back alley
Hes some new rep from the Sac area and needs to be taught a ethics lesson in a back alley
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Re: California Old Car Emissions Exemption Threatened
Read the text you posted. "Florez" is Senator Dean Florez, the guy who originally authored the bill and the one being a pain in our butts about this. As Tom said, he needs to take a long walk off a short pier while wearing concrete shoes.
This particular bill was originally introduced in April as your text said, but it was defeated in August of this year. Its no longer an issue.
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