Well, that would be a nice relief but I am not holding my breath as other
proposals have been shot down and the legislators always respond to with
"It's about revenue".
Thanks for the hope Stan!
Waitng in Arizona @ 63 degrees contemplating long pants. ;O)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Chernoff" <az589@lafn.org>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 9:42 AM
Subject: Possible Good News for Arizona Roadsters
> This is copied from Hemmings e-Weekly Newsletter. Sounds like if EPA
> approves you folks have it made.
>
> Stan
> ====
>
> Legislation
> Cheaper in the desert
> Arizona's HB 2017, introduced for the 2006 session, comprehensively
> revises
> the state's old-car registration statues.
> It provides for a $16 one-time registration fee for vehicles 25 years old
> and older. The bill also provides for a $50 one-time license-plate fee and
> a one-time $34 vehicle-license tax for these vehicles.
> The measure also allows the director of the states Department of
> Environmental Quality to enact an exemption from emissions inspections for
> 25-year-old and older vehicles.
> A minor side note of the bill is a description of a "collector" class of
> vehicles, in addition to the usual "classic" and "antique." Collector
> vehicles are defined as either
> A.) At least 15 years old and "of unique or rare design, of limited
> production and an object of curiosity," or
> B.) "Maintained primarily for use in car club activities, exhibitions,
> parades or other functions of public interest or for a private collection
> and is used only infrequently for other purposes," and have "a collectible
> vehicle or classic automobile insurance coverage that restricts the
> collectible vehicle mileage or use, or both, and requires the owner to
> have
> another vehicle for personal use."
> The main purpose of this definition is related to legislation enacted last
> year giving these cars an exemption from emissions inspections (EPA
> approval is pending). We mostly love the thought of a 15-year-old "object
> of curiosity."
> - By David B. Traver Adolphus
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