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SMOG LAW REPEAL Collector Car, June 29 Vote HELP
They are at it again!
I just got this info from one of my buddies about the California Senate Transportation committee is going to sneak a smog law onto the books and recall all 1977-earlier cars, trucks, vans, wagons, kit cars and specialty vehicles.
Dooms day is Tuesday, June 29th! Please read info below and help stop these guys from ruining our hobby!
Tuesday, June 29th, the California Senate Transportation committee will be considering Assembly Bill A. B. 2683, which if passed,repeals the above rolling exemption on cars thirty years old and newer. This means that from 1977 on, all cars must pass a biennial smog test. As the Senate Transporation Committee is made up of eight Dem's and three Repub's, things look rather bleak unless we can hit the committee members with e-mail and telephone messages objecting to its passage. As the time is very short, only those two options remain viable.
The Senate committee Chairman has stated that they have had very little information from the general public regarding the pros and cons of this bill. In case you M/A members are unaware, the Assembly Transportation Committee (who authored this bill) did get a great response from car folks, but ignored their inputs and passed it anyway on strictly partisan lines, the Dem's having an overwhelming majority in this committee, as the do every where else in the California Senate and Assembly. This bill is is really being driven by the California Air Resources Board, trying to hang the failure of their smog reduction programs on one and three quarters of California cars (400,000 vs 24,000,000, or 1. 6%).
I ask you to take five minutes of your time Monday, June 28th, and call or e-mail the members of the Senate Transportation Committee and let them know that you, your wife, and all your relatives are very much against this legislation.
Just a few years ago, car clubs fought very hard to get Quentin Kopps S. B. 42 passed. It passed in both the Senate and Assembly Transportation Committees, and was signed into law by the Governor, who by the way, was also a Democrat. If it was good law then, why must it be repealed now?
Below I have listed the e-mail addresses and phone numbers of the Senate Transportation Committiee members for your reference. Of course e-mail is free, but if you also decide to phone in your opposition to this bill, I would suggest!!!
To make it easier to email our senators, here is the list of email
addresses. Just copy and paste to your email program [under to and CC]
and you're done
Make sure to use subject :
Please vote "no" on Assembly Bill A. B. 2683.
----------addresse bellow-----------------------------------------------
-- email address removed --
----------CC addresses bellow--------------------------------------------
-- email address removed --,senator. ashburn@sen. ca.gov,senator. brulte@sen. ca.gov,senator. figueroa@sen. ca.gov,senator. Florez@sen. ca.gov,senator. Karnette@sen. ca.gov,senator. morrow@sen. ca.gov,senator. perata@sen. ca.gov,senator. scott@sen. ca.gov,senator. soto@sen. ca.gov,senator. speier@sen. ca.gov,senator. torlakson@sen. ca.gov
Lets email them NOW and keep our fingers crossed!!!
NAME (Senators) PHONE E-MAIL ADDRESS
Kevin Murrary (Chair) 916 445 8800 -- email address removed --
Tom McClintock (Vice-chair) 916 445 8873 -- email address removed --
Roy Ashburn 916 445 5405 -- email address removed --
James Brulte 916 445 3688 -- email address removed --
Liz Figueroa 916 445 6671 -- email address removed --
Dean Florez 916 445 4641 -- email address removed --
Betty Karnette 916 445 6447 -- email address removed --
Bill Morrow 916 445 3731 -- email address removed --
Don Perata 916 445 6577 -- email address removed --
Jack Scott 916 445 5976 -- email address removed --
Nell Soto 916 445 6868 -- email address removed --
Jackie Speier 916 445 0503 -- email address removed --
Tom Torlakson 916 445 6083 -- email address removed --
Again, please take five minutes of your time on Monday, June 28th (tommorow) and let the Senators know that you and yours are against this legislation.
THANKS
ERIK BOTTEMA
They are at it again!
I just got this info from one of my buddies about the California Senate Transportation committee is going to sneak a smog law onto the books and recall all 1977-earlier cars, trucks, vans, wagons, kit cars and specialty vehicles.
Dooms day is Tuesday, June 29th! Please read info below and help stop these guys from ruining our hobby!
Tuesday, June 29th, the California Senate Transportation committee will be considering Assembly Bill A. B. 2683, which if passed,repeals the above rolling exemption on cars thirty years old and newer. This means that from 1977 on, all cars must pass a biennial smog test. As the Senate Transporation Committee is made up of eight Dem's and three Repub's, things look rather bleak unless we can hit the committee members with e-mail and telephone messages objecting to its passage. As the time is very short, only those two options remain viable.
The Senate committee Chairman has stated that they have had very little information from the general public regarding the pros and cons of this bill. In case you M/A members are unaware, the Assembly Transportation Committee (who authored this bill) did get a great response from car folks, but ignored their inputs and passed it anyway on strictly partisan lines, the Dem's having an overwhelming majority in this committee, as the do every where else in the California Senate and Assembly. This bill is is really being driven by the California Air Resources Board, trying to hang the failure of their smog reduction programs on one and three quarters of California cars (400,000 vs 24,000,000, or 1. 6%).
I ask you to take five minutes of your time Monday, June 28th, and call or e-mail the members of the Senate Transportation Committee and let them know that you, your wife, and all your relatives are very much against this legislation.
Just a few years ago, car clubs fought very hard to get Quentin Kopps S. B. 42 passed. It passed in both the Senate and Assembly Transportation Committees, and was signed into law by the Governor, who by the way, was also a Democrat. If it was good law then, why must it be repealed now?
Below I have listed the e-mail addresses and phone numbers of the Senate Transportation Committiee members for your reference. Of course e-mail is free, but if you also decide to phone in your opposition to this bill, I would suggest!!!
To make it easier to email our senators, here is the list of email
addresses. Just copy and paste to your email program [under to and CC]
and you're done
Make sure to use subject :
Please vote "no" on Assembly Bill A. B. 2683.
----------addresse bellow-----------------------------------------------
-- email address removed --
----------CC addresses bellow--------------------------------------------
-- email address removed --,senator. ashburn@sen. ca.gov,senator. brulte@sen. ca.gov,senator. figueroa@sen. ca.gov,senator. Florez@sen. ca.gov,senator. Karnette@sen. ca.gov,senator. morrow@sen. ca.gov,senator. perata@sen. ca.gov,senator. scott@sen. ca.gov,senator. soto@sen. ca.gov,senator. speier@sen. ca.gov,senator. torlakson@sen. ca.gov
Lets email them NOW and keep our fingers crossed!!!
NAME (Senators) PHONE E-MAIL ADDRESS
Kevin Murrary (Chair) 916 445 8800 -- email address removed --
Tom McClintock (Vice-chair) 916 445 8873 -- email address removed --
Roy Ashburn 916 445 5405 -- email address removed --
James Brulte 916 445 3688 -- email address removed --
Liz Figueroa 916 445 6671 -- email address removed --
Dean Florez 916 445 4641 -- email address removed --
Betty Karnette 916 445 6447 -- email address removed --
Bill Morrow 916 445 3731 -- email address removed --
Don Perata 916 445 6577 -- email address removed --
Jack Scott 916 445 5976 -- email address removed --
Nell Soto 916 445 6868 -- email address removed --
Jackie Speier 916 445 0503 -- email address removed --
Tom Torlakson 916 445 6083 -- email address removed --
Again, please take five minutes of your time on Monday, June 28th (tommorow) and let the Senators know that you and yours are against this legislation.
THANKS
ERIK BOTTEMA
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