<VV> FW: [FWD: SEMA Legislative Alert: Old Car Emissions Exemption Threatened in 8 California Counties...

[Joshua AUTOCROSS RACER]

Take action if you care about your pre 1976 vehicles not being smogged!

Joshua Fine
Sports Car Club of America-Fresno Chapter1990 Nissan 240SX (#7, SM)
Member#323214






   To view this email as a web page, please follow this link                   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 at 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 at 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.mcclintock at sen.ca.gov;senator.ashburn at sen.ca.gov;senator.cedillo at sen.ca.gov;senator.corbett at sen.ca.gov;senator.dutton at sen.ca.gov;senator.harman at sen.ca.gov;senator.kehoe at sen.ca.gov;senator.oropeza at sen.ca.gov;senator.simitian at sen.ca.gov;senator.torlakson at sen.ca.gov;senator.yee at sen.ca.gov;" target="_blank" onclick="Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=senator.Lowenthal%40sen.ca.gov%3Bsenator.mcclintock%40sen.ca.gov%3Bsenator.ashburn%40sen.ca.gov%3Bsenator.cedillo%40sen.ca.gov%3Bsenator.corbett%40sen.ca.gov%3Bsenator.dutton%40sen.ca.gov%3Bsenator.harman%40sen.ca.gov%3Bsenator.kehoe%40sen.ca.gov%3Bsenator.oropeza%40sen.ca.gov%3Bsenator.simitian%40sen.ca.gov%3Bsenator.torlakson%40sen.ca.gov%3Bsenator.yee%40sen.ca.gov%3B');; return false;">(Click here to email all Committee members)

Senator Alan Lowenthal – Chair
Phone: 916/651-4027
Fax: 916/327-9113
Email: Senator.Lowenthal at sen.ca.gov Senator Tom McClintock
Phone: 916/651-4019 
Fax: 916/324-7544
Email: senator.mcclintock at sen.ca.gov Senator Roy Ashburn
Phone: 916/651-4018
Fax: 916/322-3304
Email: senator.ashburn at sen.ca.gov Senator Gilbert Cedillo
Phone: 916/651-4022
Fax: 916/327-8817
Email: senator.cedillo at sen.ca.gov Senator Ellen Corbett
Phone: 916/651-4010
Fax: 916/327-2433
Email: senator.corbett at sen.ca.gov Senator Bob Dutton
Phone: 916/651-4031
Fax: 916/327-2272
Email: senator.dutton at sen.ca.gov Senator Tom Harman
Phone: 916/651-4035
Fax: 916/445-9263
Email: senator.harman at sen.ca.gov Senator Christine Kehoe
Phone: 916/651-4039
Fax: 916/327-2188
Email: senator.kehoe at sen.ca.gov Senator Jenny Oropeza
Phone: 916/651-4028
Fax: 916/323-6056
Email: senator.oropeza at sen.ca.gov Senator Joe Simitian
Phone: 916/651-4011 
Fax: 916/323-4529
Email: senator.simitian at sen.ca.gov Senator Tom Torlakson
Phone: 916/651-4007
Fax: 916/445-2527
Email: senator.torlakson at sen.ca.gov Senator Leland Yee
Phone: 916/651-4008
Fax: 916/327-2186
Email: senator.yee at sen.ca.gov Please e-mail a copy of your letters to Steve McDonald at stevem at sema.org   
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