URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT (UPDATE)
Senate legislation (S.B. 702) to exempt antique motor vehicles from the requirement that they have exhaust systems of a type installed as standard factory equipment, or comparable to that designed for use on the particular vehicle as standard factory equipment will be considered by the Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday, January 21, 2015. The bill would also exempt antique vehicles from the requirement that exhaust systems be “in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual levels of noise.”
Please Contact Members of the Senate Transportation Committee (List Below) to Request Their Support for S.B. 702
- Under Virginia law, an antique motor vehicle is every motor vehicle which was actually manufactured or designated by the manufacturer as a model manufactured in a calendar year not less than 25 years prior to January 1 of each calendar year and is owned solely as a collector's item.
- S.B. 702 remedies the enforcement policy currently used by police officers in which nearly all exhaust systems not of a type installed as standard factory equipment are considered illegal.
- S.B. 702 recognizes that factory replacement parts or comparables are not always readily available for antique motor vehicles.
DON’T DELAY! Please contact members of Virginia Senate Transportation Committee by phone or e-mail to request their support for S.B. 702.
Please e-mail a copy of your letter to Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org. Also, please forward this Alert to your fellow car enthusiasts. Urge them to join the SAN and help defend the hobby! Thank you for your assistance.
Virginia Senate Transportation Committee
To e-mail all Committee members, copy and paste the email address block below:
district23@senate.virginia.gov; district10@senate.virginia.gov; district07@senate.virginia.gov; district25@senate.virginia.gov; district04@senate.virginia.gov; district19@senate.virginia.gov; district37@senate.virginia.gov; district08@senate.virginia.gov; district29@senate.virginia.gov; district40@senate.virginia.gov; district31@senate.virginia.gov; district05@senate.virginia.gov; district14@senate.virginia.gov; district21@senate.virginia.gov; district33@senate.virginia.gov
Senator Stephen Newman (Chair)
Phone: (804) 698-7523
Email: district23@senate.virginia.gov
Senator John Watkins
Phone: (804) 698-7510
Email: district10@senate.virginia.gov
Senator Frank Wagner
Phone: (804) 698-7507
Email: district07@senate.virginia.gov
Senator Creigh Deeds (Chair)
Phone: (804) 698-7525
Email: district25@senate.virginia.gov
Senator Ryan McDougle
Phone: (804) 698-7504
Email: district04@senate.virginia.gov
Senator Ralph Smith
Phone: (804) 698-7519
Email: district19@senate.virginia.gov
Senator David Marsden
Phone: (804) 698-7537
Email: district37@senate.virginia.gov
Senator Jeffrey McWaters
Phone: (804) 698-7508
Email: district08@senate.virginia.gov
Senator Charles Colgan
Phone: (804) 698-7529
Email: district29@senate.virginia.gov
Senator Charles Carrico
Phone: (804) 698-7540
Email: district40@senate.virginia.gov
Senator Barbara Favola
Phone: (804) 698-7531
Email: district31@senate.virginia.gov
Senator Kenneth Alexander
Phone: (804) 698-7505
Email: district05@senate.virginia.gov
Senator John Cosgrove
Phone: (804) 698-7514
Email: district14@senate.virginia.gov
Senator John Edwards
Phone: (804) 698-7521
Email: district21@senate.virginia.gov
Senator Jennifer Wexton
Phone: (804) 698-7533
Email: district33@senate.virginia.gov