Roadrod2000,
They have did away with the part of SB-100 that allows you to use the year of the engine to register by. It is now only the year the vehicle most closely resembles. That I got from our DMVs and the two Smog Referees in this area. And AB-1578 was added to cover just this type of thing.
SB-1578 Legislative Counsel's Digest: Third chapter:
This bill would eliminate the requirement that the registration provided to the first 500 vehicles by the DMV be an
INITIAL REGISTRATION, for that vehicle, and would specify that the 500 vehicle limit does not apply to the renewal of registration of a vehicle previously registered pursuant to those provisions.
This bill was added to cover cars bought out of state as California won't recognize or accept other states registrations on these vehicles. The amnesty bill was mostly for people that had registered cars here before SB-100 was law to be able to come in and apply for one of the SB-100 numbers without being penalized. It uses the same 500 numbers as SB-100 does but is for previously registered cars from other states and not newly built ones like SB-100 is for. It requires some different forms, but basically works the same way as what the state wants to know is the cost of the car and how much they can tax it.
Ron
