That's right, the tree hugging fruits and nuts are at it again! How many pre-76 vehicles are honestly still on the road in California?! Just another pointless attempt to cut emissions that makes no sense. Why do any car guys still live in Calirfornia?!
Honestly, read the release from SEMA below, and write your local congressman to stop this abosultely stupid and pointless idea from being enacted.
Old Car Emissions Exemption Threatened in 8 California Counties; Hearing
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
Existing law in California exempts all pre-1976 vehicles from emissions
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
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
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
(Click here to email all Committee members)
Senator Alan Lowenthal - Chair
Email: Senator.Lowenthal@sen.ca.gov
Email: senator.mcclintock@sen.ca.gov
Email: senator.ashburn@sen.ca.gov
Email: senator.cedillo@sen.ca.gov
Email: senator.corbett@sen.ca.gov
Email: senator.dutton@sen.ca.gov
Email: senator.harman@sen.ca.gov
Email: senator.kehoe@sen.ca.gov
Email: senator.oropeza@sen.ca.gov
Email: senator.simitian@sen.ca.gov
Email: senator.torlakson@sen.ca.gov
Email: senator.yee@sen.ca.gov
Please e-mail a copy of your letters to Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org