Fw: SEMA Legislative Alert: Old Car Emissions Exemption Threatened in 8 Californ

[Gary Pavlovich <glpavlovich@xxxxxxx>]

To all Mopar members in California, our hobby is in jeopardy again.  Time to call, e-mail, or fax the legislature who is attempting to repeal the smog exemption on all pre-1976 vehicles.

Gary Pavlovich
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                  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@xxxxxxxxxx) 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

                    a.. Existing law in California exempts all pre-1976 vehicles from emissions testing.


                    b.. California’s current emissions testing exemption recognizes the minimal impact of pre-1976 motor vehicles on emissions and air quality.


                    c.. 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.


                    d.. Pre-1976 antique and classic vehicles are overwhelmingly well-maintained.  


                    e.. Repeal of the exemption in the San Joaquin Valley could lead the Legislature to target other areas in the state in the future.  


                    f.. 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@xxxxxxxxxx 
                  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@xxxxxxxxxx

                  Senator Tom McClintock
                  Phone: 916/651-4019 
                  Fax: 916/324-7544
                  Email: senator.mcclintock@xxxxxxxxxx

                  Senator Roy Ashburn
                  Phone: 916/651-4018
                  Fax: 916/322-3304
                  Email: senator.ashburn@xxxxxxxxxx

                  Senator Gilbert Cedillo
                  Phone: 916/651-4022
                  Fax: 916/327-8817
                  Email: senator.cedillo@xxxxxxxxxx

                  Senator Ellen Corbett
                  Phone: 916/651-4010
                  Fax: 916/327-2433
                  Email: senator.corbett@xxxxxxxxxx

                  Senator Bob Dutton
                  Phone: 916/651-4031
                  Fax: 916/327-2272
                  Email: senator.dutton@xxxxxxxxxx

                  Senator Tom Harman
                  Phone: 916/651-4035
                  Fax: 916/445-9263
                  Email: senator.harman@xxxxxxxxxx

                  Senator Christine Kehoe
                  Phone: 916/651-4039
                  Fax: 916/327-2188
                  Email: senator.kehoe@xxxxxxxxxx

                  Senator Jenny Oropeza
                  Phone: 916/651-4028
                  Fax: 916/323-6056
                  Email: senator.oropeza@xxxxxxxxxx

                  Senator Joe Simitian
                  Phone: 916/651-4011 
                  Fax: 916/323-4529
                  Email: senator.simitian@xxxxxxxxxx

                  Senator Tom Torlakson
                  Phone: 916/651-4007
                  Fax: 916/445-2527
                  Email: senator.torlakson@xxxxxxxxxx

                  Senator Leland Yee
                  Phone: 916/651-4008
                  Fax: 916/327-2186
                  Email: senator.yee@xxxxxxxxxx

                  Please e-mail a copy of your letters to Steve McDonald at stevem@xxxxxxxx  


                   
                 
           
     


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