URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT

Pro-Hobbyist Street Rod and Custom Vehicle Bill

Introduced in New York  

March 13, 2007 - SEMA model legislation to create a vehicle titling and registration classification for street rods and custom vehicles has been introduced in the New York General Assembly by Assemblymember Bill Reilich.  The bill (A.B. 6484) defines a street rod as an altered vehicle manufactured before 1949 and a custom as an altered vehicle at least 25 years old and manufactured after 1948.  Under the bill, kit cars and replica vehicles will be assigned a certificate of title bearing the same model year designation as the production vehicle they most closely resemble.  The bill mirrors model legislation created by SEMA and recently enacted in Illinois, Missouri, Rhode Island, Montana, Hawaii, Maine and Colorado.

If you are a car enthusiast in New York

you must show your support for this legislation

This website will provide information and news about the process involved to see this bill into law. The SEMA legislation has been proposed several times in the past in NY State and has languished and failed to make it to the Assembly for voting.

We cannot let this happen again

You must help us take action TODAY and show our support for this important legislation. You must contact your representative in Albany and tell them how important this bill is to the hobbyist community. We must raise the awareness of this importance to every member of the Transportation Committee, so that the bill is can be finally presented to the Legislature.

We have made every attempt here to make that process easy for you, by providing easy access to locatiing your representative in Albany, contact information and e-mail automation that will make the process of communication simple. We have also created sample letters for you to download and use to reinforce the e-mail campaign we are supporting.

Join us in this effort to finally make the registration of street rods and replica cars in New York State an easy and  legal process. Please spread the word within your clubs and online forums. Together, we CAN finally make this happen.