Arizona bill to exempt older vehicles from emissions test moves to senate

URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT (UPDATE)

 Arizona Bill to Exempt Older Vehicles from Emissions Tests Approved by Senate Rules Committee; Moves to Vote by Full Senate

The full Arizona Senate will vote on legislation (S.B. 1324) to exempt all vehicles more than 25-years old from the state’s mandatory biennial emissions inspection and maintenance program.

We Urge You to Contact Members of the Arizona Senate (List Attached Below) Immediately to Request Their Support for S.B. 1324

Existing law in Arizona only exempts pre-1967 model year vehicles and those vehicles designated as “collectible.”
· Under Arizona law, a “collectible vehicle" is a vehicle that is at least fifteen years old or of a unique or rare design, of limited production and an object of curiosity. Collectible vehicles must be maintained primarily for use in car club activities, exhibitions, parades or other functions of public interest and used only infrequently for other purposes and have a collectible vehicle or classic automobile insurance policy that restricts the collectible vehicle’s mileage and/or use to qualify for the current collectible vehicle emissions exemption. To qualify for the exemption, the owner must also own a secondary vehicle for general transportation.
S.B. 1324 provides for a rolling emissions inspection exemption that would exempt qualifying vehicles upon enactment and would pick up an additional model year for each year the law is in effect.

S.B. 1324 acknowledges the relatively minimal environmental impact of older vehicles, such as the historic cars targeted for this exemption.

S.B. 1324 recognizes that such vehicles constitute a small portion of the vehicle fleet and are well-maintained and infrequently operated.

DON’T DELAY! Please contact members of the Arizona Senate immediately by phone or e-mail to request their support for S.B. 1324.

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.

Arizona Senate

Senator Sylvia Allen
Phone: 602/926-5219
Email: sallen@azleg.gov

Senator Steve Yarbrough
Phone: 602/926-5863
Email: syarbrough@azleg.gov

Senator Steve Smith
Phone: 602/926-5685
Email: stevesmith@azleg.gov

Senator Steve Pierce
Phone: 602/926-5584
Email: spierce@azleg.gov

Senator Steve Gallardo
Phone: 602/926-5830
Email: sgallardo@azleg.gov

Senator Scott Bundgaard
Phone: 602/926-3297
Email: sbundgaard@azleg.gov

Senator Russell Pearce
Phone: 602/926-5760
Email: rpearce@azleg.gov

Senator Robert Meza
Phone: 602/926-3425
Email: rmeza@azleg.gov

Senator Rick Murphy
Phone: 602/926-4444
Email: rmurphy@azleg.gov

Senator Rich Crandall
Phone: 602/926-3020
Email: rcrandall@azleg.gov

Senator Paula Aboud
Phone: 602/926-5262
Email: paboud@azleg.gov

Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford
Phone: 602/926-5835
Email: ocajerobedford@azleg.gov

Senator Nancy Barto
Phone: 602/926-5766
Email: nbarto@azleg.gov

Senator Michele Reagan
Phone: 602/926-5828
Email: mreagan@azleg.gov

Senator Lori Klein
Phone: 602/926-5284
Email: lklein@azleg.gov

Senator Linda Gray
Phone: 602/926-3376
Email: lgray@azleg.gov

Senator Leah Landrum Taylor
Phone: 602/926-3830
Email: llandrum@azleg.gov

Senator Kyrsten Sinema
Phone: 602/926-5058
Email: ksinema@azleg.gov

Senator John Nelson
Phone: 602/926-5872
Email: jnelson@azleg.gov

Senator John McComish
Phone: 602/926-5898
Email: jmccomish@azleg.gov

Senator Jack Jackson Jr.
Phone: 602/926-5862
Email: jjackson@azleg.gov

Senator Gail Griffin
Phone: 602/926-5895
Email: ggriffin@azleg.gov

Senator Frank Antenori
Phone: 602/926-5683
Email: fantenori@azleg.gov

Senator Don Shooter
Phone: 602/926-4139
Email: dshooter@azleg.gov

Senator David Schapira
Phone: 602/926-3028
Email: dschapira@azleg.gov

Senator Andy Biggs
Phone: 602/926-4371
Email: abiggs@azleg.gov

Senator Al Melvin
Phone: 602/926-4326
Email: amelvin@azleg.gov

Senator Adam Driggs
Phone: 602/926-3016
Email: adriggs@azleg.gov

Senator Linda Lopez
Phone: 602/926-4089
Email: llopez@azleg.gov

Senator Ron Gould
Phone: 602/926-4138
Email: rgould@azleg.gov