March 8th Hearing Florida Custom Vehicle Bill

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Details:

Jason Tolleson, jasont@sema.org
SEMA 202/783-6007, ext. 39



URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT (HEARING NOTICE)


Pro-Hobbyist Street Rod and Custom Vehicle Bill
Reintroduced in Florida; Hearing Scheduled for March 8th

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 will be considered in committee on Thurs., Mar. 8. The bill (H.B. 545) 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.

We Urge You to Contact Members of the House Infrastructure Committee (List Below) Immediately to Request Their Support for H.B. 545

H.B. 545 provides specific registration and titling classes for street rods and customs, including kits and replicas.


H.B. 545 allows 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 exempts 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 provides 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 permits the use of blue dot taillights on street rods and custom vehicles.
DON’T DELAY! Please contact members of the House Infrastructure Committee immediately by phone or e-mail to urge their support of H.B. 545.


House Infrastructure Committee

Rep. Mike Davis, Chair
Phone: (850) 488-1028
Email: Mike.davis@myfloridahouse.gov

Rep. Richard Glorioso, Vice-Chair
Phone: (850) 488-0807
Email: rich.glorioso@myfloridahouse.gov

Rep. Susan Bucher
Phone: (850) 488-0175
Email: susan.bucher@myfloridahouse.gov

Rep. Greg Evers
Phone: (850) 488-8188
Email: greg.evers@myfloridahouse.gov

Rep. Ed Hooper
Phone: (850) 488-1540
Email: ed.hooper@myfloridahouse.gov

Rep. Jimmy Patronis, Jr.
Phone: (850) 488-9696
Email: jimmy.patronis@myfloridahouse.gov

Rep. Scott Randolph
Phone: (850) 488-0660
Email: scott.randolph@myfloridahouse.gov

Rep. Michael J. Scionti
Phone: (850) 488-9460
Email: Michael.scionti@myfloridahouse.gov

Rep. Nicholas R. Thompson
Phone: (850) 488-1541
Email: Nick.thompson@myfloridahouse.gov