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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@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

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

orangefun

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BigDaddyBry

iTrader: (15)

I got the same email from SEMA too.

comanten123

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my nova!!!!!!!!

BAD-GTO

**** CALIFORNIA!! i dont have an old muscle car but **** cali anyways! bastards always finding new ways to screw us over!

LSGunZ28

iTrader: (8)

Seriously... will they ever get off our asses? Nothing happens and all of a sudden, someone gets bored and decides to come up with a new law... Guns, cars and laws in general, get harder and harded by the day, and ammo prices shoot up, so do gas prices. shooting ranges close down and so do race tracks....

WTF?! this is pissing me off, they need to STFU, if they keep making our lives tighter and tighter, there will be a revolution...

BAD-GTO

Ya no **** THIs is really getting out of hand! I mean whats next? they gonna outlaw older v8's in the state of california? I really wouldnt be surprised is some type of **** like that was pulled

94'BLKBRD

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California vale pura VERGA!

94'BLKBRD

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Si se PUEDE! Si se PUEDE! Si se PUEDE!

warp_6

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The "Motor law" is just around the corner.
Rush
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Red Barchetta

180ls1

iTrader: (4)

we still live in America and this board is not for spanish.

Ryne @ CMS

iTrader: (10)

dont you know this a english/spanish board , alot people here when they get mad , they resort back to their native tongue

m6ttop

iTrader: (18)

good point.lol at the spanglish

180ls1

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Ya you can see the results of this so called "progressive" movement. Divorce rates sky rocket, general kindness is lost, and the religion this country was founded on is now under attack because of the gay movement.

Coy

iTrader: (4)

Being a car guy gets harder by the day.

WS6_Suicide_Machine

iTrader: (6)

There looking for ways to kill off Global warming. And what state has more cars than CA?

Not that i agree with what there doing, but it makes since.

Ray455

It's been amended.

BILL NUMBER: SB 1549 - AMENDED
BILL TEXT

AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 9, 2008

INTRODUCED BY Senator Florez

An act to add Section
5004.7 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1549, as amended, Florez.
Historic vehicles: special license plates.

Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue to
an owner of a motor vehicle with an engine of 16 or more cylinders
manufactured before 1965, a motor vehicle manufactured in the year
1922 or before, or a vehicle manufactured after 1922 that is at least
25 years old and of historic interest, under specified
circumstances, special identification plates identifying the vehicle
as a horseless carriage or historical vehicle.
Existing law also authorizes an owner of a vehicle that is a 1962
or older model-year vehicle, and beginning July 1, 2009, authorizes
an owner of a vehicle that is a 1969 or older model-year vehicle or a
commercial vehicle or pickup truck that is a 1972 or older
model-year, under specified circumstances, to utilize license plates
of this state with the date of the year corresponding to the
model-year date when the vehicle was manufactured.
This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles, by
January 1, 2010, to submit to the Governor, the Senate Committee on
Transportation and Housing, and the Assembly Committee on
Transportation a report evaluating those special license plate
programs and recommending improvements and changes to those programs,
as specified.

Vote: majority.
Appropriation: no.
Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Section 5004.7 is added to the
Vehicle Code, to read:
5004.7. (a) By January 1, 2010, the department shall submit to
the Governor, the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing, and
the Assembly Committee on Transportation a report evaluating the
special license plate programs described in Sections 5004 and 5004.1
and recommending improvements and changes to those programs.
(b) The report submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) An evaluation of the success of the special license plate
programs described in Sections 5004 and 5004.1.
(2) An estimate of the number of vehicles in the state that are
eligible for special license plates, and the number of plates issued
for those vehicles, pursuant to Sections 5004 and 5004.1.
(3) An examination of the benefits and challenges of extending the
programs described in Sections 5004 and 5004.1 to include 1976 and
older model-year vehicles.
(4) Recommendations for improving the special license plate
programs described in Sections 5004 and 5004.1, including
recommendations regarding criteria for determining whether a vehicle
is eligible for special license plates pursuant to Sections 5004 and
5004.1.
(5) Recommendations for characterizing a motor vehicle commonly
known as a muscle car as a collector motor vehicle, as defined in
Section 259, and recommendations regarding the eligibility of muscle
cars for special license plates pursuant to Sections 5004 and 5004.1.

Soul TKR

iTrader: (4)

does AMENDED mean, it got approved or disapproved?

Ray455

All the original crap in regards to emissions for pre-'76 vehicles has been removed and replacing it is some new stuff about historical license plates.

So now I'm gonna put a 308 cam in my 455 and run open headers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnvrC...eature=related

WS6_Suicide_Machine

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yup, cant do that in my neighborhood.