[Healeys] SMOG TESTS SB 1549 Senate Bill

Leonard Hartnett thehartnetts at earthlink.net
Fri Apr 4 11:07:41 MST 2008


Here is a further comment regarding David's e-mail as I read SB1549 (the 
illegitimate offspring of AB616 that was defeated recently??).  This is not 
of interest just to The Valley and California.

As written, 1549 only applies to The San Juaquin Valley (CA) Unified Air 
Pollution Control District.  However, if passed, it is a foot in the door 
that could spread to the entire state of California and to the eleven other 
states that follow California's lead in pollution matters.

Re:  Mike Carpenter's comment:  "Arizona passed a law that states if the 
vehicle is covered by a collector
car insurance such as Taylor, Hagerty, etc.. the car is exempt from all smog 
requirements."  SB1549 also contains that provision.  However, the following 
are also included:

"...Any motor vehicle excepted by this paragraph shall be subject
to testing and to certification requirements as determined by the
department, if any of the following apply:
   (i) The department determines through remote sensing activities or
other means (I have never been able to find out what the 'other means' are 
but could mean 'visual' - lots of smoke) that there is a substantial 
probability that the vehicle...would fail for other cause a smog check test 
as specified in Section 44012..."

"...The vehicle has been selected for testing pursuant to Section
44014.7 or any other provision of this chapter authorizing
out-of-cycle testing..."

and

Under the classic car provision:

"...The motor vehicle complies with the exhaust emissions
standards for that motor vehicle's class and model-year as prescribed
by the department, and the motor vehicle passes a functional
inspection of the fuel cap and a visual inspection for liquid fuel
leaks..."

To the best of my knowledge, there were no "..established exhaust emissions 
standards at the time of manufacture..." of our vehicles.  The phrase 
"...complies with the standards...as prescribed by the department...", 
leaves the door wide open to SMOG check our vehicles at any time that the 
State gets the urge (pressure by environmental lobbyists?).

Although or vehicles are currently exempt by their age, there are loopholes 
in the law/Health and Safety Code that allow for random SMOG checks.

(The Other) Len
Vacaville,  California,  USA
1967 3000 MKIII, HBJ8L39031


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Nock" <healeydoc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Healey List List" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 9:05 AM
Subject: [Healeys] SMOG TESTS SB 1549 Senate Bill


> There are back at it again trying to make the older cars do smog test.
>
>
> http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_1501-1550/
> sb_1549_bill_20080222_introduced.html
>
>
>
> David Nock
> British Car Specialists
> Stockton Ca 95205
> 209-948-8767
>
> www.britishcarspecialists.com


More information about the Healeys mailing list