CA Senate Bill 708 needs to be defeated

["Greg and Russell" <65luxuryliner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just read this post and you're darned right it should be defeated.  I used
to gripe about living in Alabama where we don't even have annual vehicle
inspections.  Now I think I'll just shut up and thank God I can drive my
cars without worrying about an Alabama version of Senate Bill 708.  Life is
good here, smog and all!

Greg in Mobile, AL
(I doubt any of my collector cars would pass inspection in CA)
----- Original Message -----
From: "john m brauninger" <flightsweep@xxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 8:31 PM
Subject: IML: Fw: CA Senate Bill 708 needs to be defeated


> FYI....This was forwarded to me from another list.  Just another ray of
> sunshine (along with the proposed hike in DMV fees) beaming out of
> Sacramento.  Info and links are provided below so those of you in CA can
> contact your Senator and Assembly Rep. to voice your opinion.
>
> John B.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------------------------
>
> Hi Guys
> The California senate is at it again!!
> California Senate Bill 708 will repeal the
> 1973-and-earlier smog exemption, require biennial smog
> exemptions for all 1955-and-up cars and require EGR
> equipment to be retrofitted to all 1972 and earlier
> cars. For many 1972 and earlier cars, this means they
> will not be eligible for registration at all, since
> EGR systems will not function properly with their
> original design. Clearly, this is another attempt by
> the California legislature to take pre-smog-era cars
> off the road.
>
> The proof is right here, on their own website:
>
> http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0701-0750/sb_708_bill_20030221_
> introduced.html
>
> Please call or Email your California state Senator and
> Assemblyperson. This is a matter of urgency, since
> they're trying to push through this legislation while
> no one is paying attention.
>
> Go to this link:
>
> http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/memberinfo
>
> to find your assembly members and email them.
> Thank you.
>
> The bill is currently waiting for assignment by the Rules committee. I
> recommend contacting committee chairman John Burton and urging him to
> leave
> the bill unassigned. There's a feedback form on his website:
>
> http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/senator/burton/
>
> I just downloaded a copy of the bill. The bill removes the exemption for
> any car built before 1974. It also changes the exemption from 30 years to
> 45 years beginning in 2005. So starting in 2005 your car would have to be
> built in 1960 or before to be exempt. It just pushes the clock back
> again.
> This is the third or fourth time they have done this.
>
> I don't understand why they continue to pick on this small group of car
> owners. Probably because there aren't many of them, they don't have much
> political power and Senator Florez can make some easy points with the
> environmentalists.
>
> Please contact all your friends and family and write to your Senator and
> Representative to kill this bill.
>
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