Fw: [IndyRam] Fw: SEMA Action Network Legislative Alert - GA Legislation Would Severely Limit Raised/Lowered Vehicles

From: mike d. (miggitymike@fast4x4.net)
Date: Fri Feb 02 2001 - 18:51:29 EST


dammit!!!! read on...

-miggity

"STOCK SUCKS!"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Yeagley" <jyeag@core.com>
To: <indyram@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 7:06 PM
Subject: [IndyRam] Fw: SEMA Action Network Legislative Alert - GA
Legislation Would Severely Limit Raised/Lowered Vehicles

> Refers to taillight covers also.
> Jim
>
> > URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT
> >
> > Georgia Introduces Bill to Severely Limit Suspension Alterations,
Lighting
> > Equipment
> >
> > A bill (H.B. 192) has been introduced in the Georgia legislature by Rep.
> > Bobby Parham that would ban ANY vehicle whose suspension was altered
more
> > than two inches above or below the factory recommendation. Previously,
> this
> > law only applied to private passenger cars - not trucks. The bill also
> > requires lenses on taillights to meet federal standards and not be
> "covered
> > or consist of anything other than reflective material installed as
> original
> > factory equipment or its equivalent replacement."
> >
> > We Urge You to Contact Your State Legislators Immediately to Oppose H.B.
> 192
> >
> > · H.B. 192 would ban reasonably altered vehicles due to overstated
> concerns
> > with bumper mismatch.
> >
> > · H.B. 192 discriminates against hobbyists and aftermarket parts makers
by
> > leaving it solely to the vehicle manufacturers to choose vehicle
heights.
> >
> > · H.B. 192 would force owners of modified vehicles to spend large sums
of
> > money to reinstall original components.
> >
> > · H.B. 192 would ban useful alterations that provide adequate clearance
> for
> > on/off road capability and accommodate heavy loads, larger tires,
improved
> > suspension and water-fording capability.
> >
> > · H.B. 192 would ban taillamp covers even when the lamps are not in use.
> >
> > This bill tramples on the rights of vehicle enthusiasts in Georgia.
> Please
> > call and write Rep. Parham, the House Motor Vehicle Committee members
(see
> > attached list) and your own state legislators immediately to oppose this
> > legislation. If you need assistance in determining who your legislators
> > are, please contact the Georgia General Assembly's General Information
> Line
> > at 404/656-5000. This information can also be obtained by calling the
> SEMA
> > Washington, D.C. office at 202/783-6007 or via the Internet at
> > www.sema.org/fedleg/legislatorrequest. Please fax a copy of your
letters
> to
> > us at 202/783-6024 or mail to:
> >
> > SEMA Washington Office
> > 1317 F Street, NW, Suite 500
> > Washington, DC 20004
> > Attention: Steve McDonald/Brian Caudill
> >
> >
> > Georgia House Motor Vehicles Committee
> >
> >
> > Chairman, Bobby Eugene Parham
> > Georgia House of Representatives
> > 218 State Capitol
> > Atlanta, GA 30334
> > (404) 656-5132
> > (912) 452-5152
> >
> > Vice Chairman, Alan Powell
> > Georgia House of Representatives
> > 607 Legislative Office Building
> > Atlanta, GA 30334
> > (404) 656-0287
> > (706) 376-4422
> >
> > Rep. Lawrence R. Roberts
> > Georgia House of Representatives
> > 501 Legislative Office Building
> > (404) 656-0177
> > (912) 432-9510
> >
> > Rep. John D. Bulloch, Jr.
> > Georgia House of Representatives
> > 601 Legislative Office Building
> > Atlanta, GA 30334
> > (404) 656-0254
> > (912) 683-3749
> >
> > Rep. Tom Rice
> > Georgia House of Representatives
> > 612 Legislative Office Building
> > Atlanta, GA 30334
> > (404) 656-0325
> > (770) 447-1438
> >
> > Rep. John Wiles
> > Georgia House of Representatives
> > 611 Legislative Office Building
> > Atlanta, GA 30334
> > (404) 656-0314
> > (770) 425-2490
> >
> > Rep. John Phillip Yates
> > Georgia House of Representatives
> > 411 Legislative Office Building
> > Atlanta, GA 30334
> > (404) 656-0126
> > (770) 412-7166
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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