[Amc-list] California Smog Bill

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Congratulations to all you California members who contacted  the California 
Senate Appropriations Committee about killing this bill.  But...watch out for 
next year. The Assembly member who introduced this bill will  likely try again 
next year. 
 
nolan dehner
Nor Cal AMCs
Windsor, Ca
 
 
         
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California Emissions  Testing Bill Dead For the Year
Enthusiasts Rally  to Defeat Legislation Requiring Annual Smog  Check 
In a major victory for enthusiasts in  California, the Senate Appropriations 
Committee rejected  SAN-opposed legislation (AB 616) that threatened to 
require  annual smog-check inspections for vehicles 15 years old and  older. After 
having been previously approved by the full  California Assembly and the Senate 
Transportation Committee,  the bill is dead for the year.   
“Car clubs and individual hobbyists across the  state loudly and forcefully 
objected to passage of this bill,”  said SEMA Vice President of Government 
Affairs Steve McDonald.  “Ultimately, the lawmakers in Sacramento heard their  
message.” 
Through thousands of phone calls and e-mails,  SAN members were able to 
convince committee members that these  vehicles constitute a small portion of the 
overall vehicle  population and are a poor source from which to look for  
emissions reduction.  
In correspondence to his constituents, Senator  Dave Cox expressed his 
opposition to the bill, “I have not yet  seen any evidence that 15-year-old vehicles 
pollute our air  substantially more than 14-year-old vehicles. Declaring all  
vehicles 15 years or older are guilty of being gross polluters  without any 
empirical data is backwards and does not reflect  the spirit of the law.” 
Of additional concern to the enthusiast  community were provisions in the 
bill that would have required  that funds generated through the additional 
inspection fees be  deposited into an account which could be used to scrap older  
cars. “We are especially indebted to those legislators who  opposed the bill 
because it would have placed an undue burden  upon car owners simply because 
their vehicle is older than an  arbitrary date set in law,” McDonald added. 
The SAN would like to thank the countless  individuals and car clubs whose 
dedication and persistence in  contacting lawmakers in Sacramento as this bill 
moved through  the legislative process. Special thanks to the Association of  
California Car Clubs for the coordinated effort by their  member clubs in 
opposing this bill. 
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