This bill would be a big help to all Florida replica/kit/street rod builders and it needs your support right now.
URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT
Pro-Hobbyist Street Rod and Custom Vehicle Bill
Reintroduced in Florida
SEMA model legislation to amend the vehicle titling and registration classifications for street rods and create a classification for custom vehicles has been reintroduced in the Florida House and Senate. Both the House bill (H.B. 545) and the Senate bill (S.B. 124) define 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 these identical bills, 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.
We Urge You to Contact Members of the Senate Transportation/Senate Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Committees and the House Economic Expansion and Infrastructure/Policy and Budget Councils (Lists Below) Immediately to Request Their Support for S.B. 124 and H.B. 545
[*]H.B. 545/S.B. 124 provide specific registration and titling classes for street rods and customs, including kits and replicas.
[*]H.B. 545/S.B. 124 allow for the use of non-original materials and creates a titling criterion that assigns these vehicles the same model year designation as the production vehicle they most closely resemble.
[*]H.B. 545/S.B. 124 exempt street rods and customs from emissions inspections and exempt street rods and custom vehicles from a range of standard equipment requirements (only that equipment required in the model year that the vehicle resembles).
[*]H.B. 545/S.B. 124 provide that vehicles titled and registered as street rods and custom vehicles may only be used for occasional transportation, exhibitions, club activities, parades, tours, etc. and not for general daily transportation.
[*]H.B. 545/S.B. 124 permit the use of blue dot taillights on street rods and custom vehicles.
DON’T DELAY! Please contact members of the four committees and councils listed below immediately by phone or e-mail to urge their support of H.B. 545/S.B. 124.
Please e-mail a copy of your letter to
stevem@sema.org. Thank you for your assistance.
Senate Transportation Committee
Chair: Carey Baker
baker.carey.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5014
Vice Chair: Larcenia J. Bullard
bullard.larcenia.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5127
Lee Constantine
constantine.lee.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5050
Paula Dockery
dockery.paula.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5040
Arthenia L. Joyner
joyner.arthenia.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5059
Gwen Margolis
margolis.gwen.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5121
J. Alex Villalobos
villalobos.alex.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5130
Daniel Webster
(850) 487-5047
Senate Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Committee
Chair: Mike Fasano
fasano.mike.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5062
Vice Chair: Gwen Margolis
margolis.gwen.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5121
Alex Diaz de la Portilla
portilla.alex.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5109
Anthony C. "Tony" Hill, Sr.
hill.anthony.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5024
Daniel Webster
(850) 487-5047
House Economic Expansion and Infrastructure Council
Chair: Dean Cannon
dean.cannon@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-2742
Vice-chair: Dick Kravitz
dick.kravitz@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-1304
Democratic Ranking Member: Joyce Cusack
joyce.cusack@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0580
Gary Aubuchon
gary.aubuchon@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-7433
Susan Bucher
susanbucher@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0175
Edward Bullard
edward.bullard@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-5430
Larry Cretul
larry.cretul@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0887
Don Davis
don.davis@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0001
Mike Davis
mike.davis@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-1028
Keith Fitzgerald
keith.fitzgerald@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-7754
Richard Glorioso
rich.glorioso@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0807
Doug Holder
doug.holder@myfloridahouse.gov\
(850) 488-1171
Peter Nehr
peter.nehr@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-5580
Pat Patterson
pat.patterson@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-9873
Betty Reed
betty.reed@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-5432
Policy and Budget Council
Chair: Ray Sansom
ray.sansom@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-1170
Vice Chair: Stan Mayfield
stan.mayfield@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0952
Democratic Ranking Member: Jack Seiler
jack.seiler@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0880
Kevin Ambler
kevin.ambler@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0275
Loranne Ausley
loranne.ausley@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0965
Aaron Bean
aaron.bean@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-6920
Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall
dorothy.bendross-mindingall@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0625
Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff
ellyn.bogdanoff@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0635
Marsha L. Bowen
marty.bowen@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-2721
Mary Brandenburg
mary.brandenburg@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0260
Donald Brown
donald.brown@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-4726
Dean Cannon
dean.cannon@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-2742
Joyce Cusack
joyce.cusack@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0580
Charles Dean
charles.dean@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0805
Bill Galvano
bill.galvano@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-4086
Andy Gardiner
andy.gardiner@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-9770
Michael J. Grant
michael.grant@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0060
Adam Hasner
adam.hasner@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-2234
Will Kendrick
will.kendrick@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-7870
Dick Kravitz
dick.kravitz@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-1304
Matthew Meadows
matt.meadows@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-8234
Joe Pickens
joe.pickens@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0665
Ron Reagan
ron.reagan@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-6341
Curtis Richardson
curtis.richardson@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-1798
David Rivera
david.rivera@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-7897
Yolly Roberson
yolly.roberson@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-7088
Dennis Ross
dennis.ross@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-2270
Ron Saunders
ron.saunders@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-9965
Priscilla Taylor
priscilla.taylor@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-8632
Anthony Trey Traviesa
trey.traviesa@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-9910
Baxter Troutman
baxter.troutman@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-9465
Shelley Vana
shelley.vana@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-4791
Juan Zapata
juan.zapata@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-9550
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