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California Smog AB 2683 Final Result. The governator asshat signed this one in. Just one step closer to ruining cars for the enthusiast. Thanks again to all of you that sent emails...some even from out of state! This wont be the last one, trust me. The original thread > URGENT LEGISLATIVE ANNOUNCEMENT
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> Governor Signs Smog Check Exemption Repeal Bill Into
> Law
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> We have just been informed that despite receiving
> thousands of messages in
> opposition to the bill, California Governor Arnold
> Schwarzenegger has just
> signed A.B. 2683 into law. The new law repeals
> California's current rolling
> emissions-test exemption for vehicles 30 years old
> and older and replaces it
> with a law requiring the lifetime testing of all
> 1976 and newer model-year
> vehicles.
>
> We remain confident that the facts are on our side:
> California's 30-year
> rolling exemption recognized the minimal impact
> vintage cars have on air
> quality, since they constitute a minuscule portion
> of the overall vehicle
> population. These older cars are overwhelmingly
> well maintained and
> infrequently driven, and are poor candidates for
> reducing pollution. They
> are, in the end, convenient scapegoats for
> legislators, regulators and
> stationary source polluters using false data and
> inflated annual mileage
> assumptions to make it sound like they are cleaning
> the air. The old car
> hobby must stand united against future attacks that
> will accomplish nothing
> except require unnecessary testing, waste money and
> burden car hobbyists.
>
> Special thanks to all of the thousands of vehicle
> hobbyists and related
> businesses who contacted the Governor requesting his
> veto. Special thanks
> also to the steadfast California lawmakers that
> supported our valiant cause
> - State Senators Tom McClintock, Betty Karnette and
> Chuck Poochigian and
> Assembly members Doug LaMalfa and John Campbell.
>
> We will live to fight another day!
>
> Steve McDonald
> SEMA VP, Government Affairs
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