Re: [Amc-list] California Smog Bill

["Kelly Hardie" <ramblinguy.kelly@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm glad to hear it. I wrote several letters to my legislator when I lived
in SoCal, I'm happy they  seem to have worked. Of course, I'm even happier
to live where there are no inspections at all :)

Kelly

On 9/24/07, Nolanatcamelot@xxxxxxx <Nolanatcamelot@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> 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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> http://echo.bluehornet.com/ct/ct.php?t=2097384&c=1097229081&m=m&type=1&h=9C66E05E3A03447C621AEE265670D6E1
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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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