-----Original Message-----
From: jbender <jbender@pe.com>
To: 'riverside' <riverside@cedar-rapids.net>
Date: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 2:27 PM
Subject: RE: Anyone Know Status of New Cal Emission Law on Older Cars?
>The bill is AB2683, author Leber. Go to www.leginfo.ca.gov and you can call
up
>the bill and the Legislature's analysis of it.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: riverside [mailto:riverside@cedar-rapids.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 3:28 PM
>To: jbender
>Subject: Fw: Anyone Know Status of New Cal Emission Law on Older Cars?
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Randall Young <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
>To: fot@Autox.Team.Net <fot@Autox.Team.Net>
>Date: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 10:57 AM
>Subject: RE: Anyone Know Status of New Cal Emission Law on Older Cars?
>
>
>>> Understand the Cal legislature has passed a bill to remove smog test
>>> exemption for older cars, does any one know whether Arnold signed
>>> the bill
>>
>>Yes, the bill was signed into law last week (I think it was).
>>
>>However, at least as I read it, it's not as draconian as some people are
>>claiming. Basically, it stops the smog exemption date from rolling
forward
>>each year, 1976 cars will continue to have to be smog inspected even after
>>2006. It's not clear to me if 1975 cars will continue to have to be
>>inspected or not.
>>
>>The new law also seems to prescribe a very minimal inspection (visual
>>inspection of the fuel cap and no fuel leaks) for cars 35 model years old
>>and older, that are registered as 'classic' cars. As I read the law, all
>>you have to do to sidestep this requirement is to license and insure the
>car
>>as an ordinary car, rather than a collector car.
>>
>>Randall
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