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Re: PASSAGE OF SB-42 IN CURRENT FORM.

To: tigers@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: PASSAGE OF SB-42 IN CURRENT FORM.
From: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 97 16:12:28 PST
     Listers;
     
     -Sorry to all of you not in CA. The vote for SB-42 was scheduled for 
     06-09 in the Approp. Committee,  last I heard.
     
                  Sorry again to all the East Coast Tiger owners.
     
                            Phil LeBrun 


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Subject: PASSAGE OF SB-42 IN CURRENT FORM.
Author:  Phil LeBrun at ~HII-SJC
Date:    6/9/97 4:08 PM


     Dear Chairman Murray;
     
     -I just recently sent you a hard-copy letter stating my views on 
     SB-42, (SMOG-II), Senator Kopp's common-sense approach as it relates 
     to older vehicles. I am sending this in case you have not yet received 
     my letter. I have sent copies to Gov. Wilson, Sens. Kopp & Lockyer, 
     and Assembly members Figueroa, Vasconcellos, as well as to Mr. Dunlap, 
     the director of CARB.
     
     -As a life-long automotive enthusiast and hobbyist, I strongly urge 
     that you do whatever you can to ensure passage of SB-42 in its cuurent 
     form, and ignore the CARB position. I believe the CARB argument is 
     based on what passes for "pseudo-science" these days, and is only a 
     thinly-disguised objection because of CARB's potential loss of revenue 
     if SB-42 passes in its current form.
     
     -As I stated in my letter, I am no "anti-Gov't." crackpot. I earned my 
     MBA in International Business, with a minor in Statistics. I've worked 
     25 + years here in the Silicon Valley and have seen first-hand the 
     detrimental effects of over-regulation that adds unneccessary costs to 
     our end-products and is of absolutely no benefit to our customers'.
     
     -Personally, I own a 1966 SUNBEAM TIGER, a British sports car built in 
     England with an American V-8. The design is based on a prototype built 
     by Carroll Shelby in the early '60's. At that time, these vehicles had 
     no other smog equipment than a PCV valve. SB-42 inserts what I believe 
     is a measure of sanity in that any vehicle older than 25-years on a 
     rolling-year base is forever exempt from emissions testing, and cannot 
     be held to tighter standards for vehicles produced later.
     
     -The CARB position is that SB-42 should have a 30-year rolling-year 
     base, but again, is just an attempt to regain potential loss of 
     revenue.
     
     -In concert with many other TIGER owners, as well as with many of my 
     fellow automotive hobbyists in the Bay Area, I again strongly urge 
     that SB-42 pass your Committee, the full Assembly, and make it to Gov. 
     Wilson, who has publicly stated he will sign it in its current form.
     
     
                            Sincerly,
     
                                     Phil LeBrun
     
                                     Fremont, CA
     
                                     lebrun@hii.hitachi.com 
     
     
     
     
     


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