Volume 18, Issue 7 Page 8
HB 3199 & 3201 Update sions control systems for that (Continued from page 7) by John Buchanan particular donor vehicle.
The definitions alone in the night in Mansfield for their
Representative Carolyn Dykema tion Division. Rep. William Kit Car Policy are trouble- annual downtown Family Fun
(D) Holliston, her staff and the Bowles (D) Attleboro who is a some for a vehicle that has Night with the Board meeting
staff from Rep. Brian Dempsey’s member of the Joint Transporta- never been previously titled being held on Wednesday July
office made arrangements for a tion Committee also sat in dur- and if it is titled, registered 16 at the clubhouse, unless it
meeting at the Sate House be- ing the discussion with MassDEP and all taxes paid, finding an rains on the 15th. If it rains
tween stake holders for the Street after slipping out of the House inspection station that can the Mansfield Family Fun
Rod and Custom Car Registration roll call vote on the massive provide the inspection ser-vice without fear of being Night cruise will be held on
& Inspection Bills (HB 3199 & Transportation Bill during one of accused of committing fraud Wednesday, their rain date,
3201) and the MassDEP officials to their recess breaks. under the state’s new en- and we will do the Board
find out what are the obstacles Zachary Crowley began with a forcement programs has meeting on the 15th. Got it?
that led to Governor Deval Pat- brief introduction of the Mass- become impossible. Several Members planning to bring
rick’s pocket veto of the bill DEP program direction for
passed by both the House and examples of owner built cars their cruise cars to the Mans-meeting the ever increasing
Senate at the end of the 185th in such a state of limbo were field event will park in a re-EPA guidelines to reduce vehi-
General Court session in January. presented and they have not served area set aside in the cle exhaust emissions within the seen any relief under the
Municipal Parking Lot next to In summary this bill would allow eastern seaboard corridor from current system. Spending all
Street Rods, altered vehicles Virginia to Maine. These guide- that time and money only to the Mansfield Bank on Main
manufactured before 1949 and lines are at the root of enforce- wind up parking an expen- Street. Spaces for 20—24 cars
custom cars, altered vehicles at ment tightening using inspec- sive piece of garage art until will be reserved; 5:00 PM if
least 25 years old and manufac- tion stations by the Attorney a more reasonable solution you can make it.
tured after 1949. The bill allows General’s Office & MassDEP. He is available drives many
indicated a willingness to work replica vehicles constructed from owner builders to register
non original materials to be is- with the bill stake holders to their cars in nearby states or Fin
sued a motor vehicle certificates develop a bill that will meet the find other avenues to enjoy
for the model year of the body individual hobbyist needs with- the rewards of all their work.
such vehicle resembles when out compromising their enforce-
there is no certificate of origin. ment program. He then turned After citing examples on
This is where the so called home the technical discussion over to both sides of the argument, Come on Roy,
built replicars would be covered. Paul Davis. the realization is that states
This is also where the conflict cannot change the guide-
Get well.
The heart of the problem are comes in because of the October lines at the federal level and I can’t hang around
with the EPA guidelines for Kit 1, 2008 MassDEP implementation this is something that SEMA
Cars which, in the main, were of the 1994 EPA Kit Car Policy in needs to adress at the na- here all day!
intended to address the grey Massachusetts as applied to the tional level. States are, how-
market importation of vehicles individual home built replica ever, responsible for inspec-
that do not meet U.S. emissions vehicles being popularly called tion programs and emissions
standards and all the different kit cars. testing to meet the EPA
combinations of disassembled guidelines so ideas on how
The meeting was kicked off vehicles or vehicle parts that Massachusetts can meet
promptly at 1:30 by Rep. Carolyn can be reassembled which were these existing guidelines for
Dykema and her Assistant Leah not originally considered a mo- newly home built cars that
Robbins with the HB stake hold- tor vehicle under the clean air fall into the Street Rod or
ers present introducing them- act. Unfortunately the strict in- Custom Car classification
selves by groups; Business own- terpretation of the EPA Kit Car were tossed about. One idea
ers were Mark Reynolds –Breeze Policy treats the individual car put forth that may have merit
Automotive, Dave Smith—Factory builder hobbyist as if they were is establishing a mitigation
Five Racing, Lenny Schaeffer, a manufacturer when it comes to fee system for offsetting any
Chop Shop Customs & Tony Gi- the clean air act, although other emissions penalty that would
rard, MA State Vehicle & Emis- safety requirements such as result. Other examples were
sions Tariner (Parsons); Car crash test data is not required. duplicating what California
Clubs were John Weston—Right has done to manage the Kit Because auto hobbyists also
Coast Association and John Bu- Car issue. On that note the tend to be gear heads that are
chanan– Massachusetts Associa- meeting ended and the next trying to improve the perform-
tion of Auto Clubs; Custom Car step would be to see how ance of their engines and drive
Owners; Earle Elliot, Joe Leone & such a proposal could be trains, using donor vehicles
Scott Lundstrom. On the MassDEP included for these home which provides an out from
side was Zachary Crowley, Legis- built replicars or these so meeting current manufacturing
lative Director from the Commis- called “kit cars” in the next testing requirements can be-
sioner's Office and Paul Davis, revision. come a problem because of the
Branch Chief of the DEP Inspec- tampering of the existing emis-
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