More on AB2683, Repeal of the 30 year smog exemption Options

[lapuwali]

Been watching this one.

An analysis done on the 21st stated that an obstacle to the law is the DMV states they need to know if 1976 cars will be exempt or not by July of this year in order to get proper notification out to owners of 1976 cars. However, with the legislative process being what it is, the analyst felt that it couldn't get to Schwarzenegger's desk before September. So, they suggested moving the cutoff to 1977 to solve the timing problem with the DMV.

So far, no word on whether or not this will happen. If so, all 914s would be exempt, and they'd be COMPLETELY exempt, as in they'd be exempt from the regulation, not just the test. If not, there's a chance this may die in the appropriations committee (where it's sitting now) from lack of attention. In any case, there's a decent chance owners of '76s be able to escape this. If it were reintroduced next session, it would have to have a '77 or later cutoff date.

[lapuwali]

'm guessing that the 29 year time frame comes from the way the automotive model year works. a 1975 car could very well have been built and sold in 1974.

Except the law defines it as the Model Year, and '75 Model Year cars have stickers on them identifying them as '75 Model Year cars, complying with 1975 emissions regulations.

My guess was that the drones at the DMV think the current year is whatever's printed on the plate stickers they're giving out now, which is 2005, so 1975 cars should be exempt now, too, since that's 30 years from "this" year.

Reminds me of the old math joke: 2 + 2 = 5, for sufficiently large values of 2.