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Subject: Vintage license plates under fire at DMV
From: Rob Guerra <Bomber44@kaiserair.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 14:37:48 -0800
Listers, I just received this from a friend.  I thought it was relevant so 
I forwarded it on in it's entirety.





>Rob;
>
>Just saw this posted on the vintage-mustangs forum board. I looked on
>the state senate web page and see that this is true. This law will
>make it law to replace all license plates with new, reflectorized
>plates; unless of course you give the state more money. Sounds like
>extortion. Maybe Senator Peace is getting contributions from 3M which
>apparently makes the reflective material.  I'm going to start writing
>letters because I don't want to lose my black plates or pay more taxes
>to keep them.
>
>Rich
>
>
>
>
>Subject CA Legislative Alert
>Posted by Annapolis91
>Posted on Fri Nov 5 02:21:47 1999
>
>
>California SB 698, License Plate Replacement Bill, is currently in the
>California Congress under review for legislative action. As currently
>written and amended, this bill will require all California registered
>vehicles to display newly designed and fully reflectorized license
>plates by Jan 1, 2005. The use of all current plates (for example,
>Black/Gold and Blue/Gold) could be exempted from this law through a
>one-time fee of $35 and $10 yearly additional registration fee.
>Senator Peace (D-El Cajon) is the bill's sponsor. He can be contacted
>at: Honorable Senator Steve Peace State Capitol Room 3060 Sacramento,
>CA 95814 (916)445-6767 or (619)463-0243 email at the CA Senate Web
>site www.sen.ca.gov
>
>The Association of California Car Clubs sent the following letter to
>Senator Peace:
>
>Dear Senator Peace:
>
>The Association of California Car Clubs is a group of over 120
>California Car Clubs, representing over 12,000 members, that is
>concerned about legislation that may affect their hobby. SB698, which
>you have sponsored has the potential to affect the automotive
>hobbyist. The ACCC is very concerned about this bill. First of all, it
>is not obvious to us that there is a problem with existing license
>plates in California. This issue of improved safety seems to be a
>stretch, since most cars on the road today have large surface areas of
>reflective material (tail lights, backup lights, turn signals).
>Improving the night-time readibility of license plates is hardly a
>safety improvement. If safety is really the issue, why are exemptions
>allowed? Clearly for the revenue they would generate. Which brings me
>our second concern. The estimated cost of replacing the approximately
>50 million license plates is to be place on collector car owners, who
>are to be assessed a one-time charge of $35 to keep their old license
>plates on their collector cars, and a $10 annual charge for renewal.
>The California Vehicle Code recognizes special interest and historical
>vehicles in sections 5004 and 5051. The license plates are part of
>these collector vehicles. The ACCC does not believe that the
>additional fees proposed for wholesale license plate replacement in
>the state should be placed on the shoulders of collector car owners.
>It apears that the only organization in support of this bill is the 3M
>company which stands to make money from its implementation. No known
>opposition is listed. Please list the Association of California Car
>Clubs as an opposing organization. This letter urges you to reconsider
>SB698. The Association fo California Car Clubs believes that it should
>be pulled from the docket.
>
>Best Regards Ray Fairfield
>Legislative Analyst, ACCC


Rob 

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