URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT

Pro-Hobbyist Street Rod and Custom Vehicle Bill
Reintroduced in New York  

SEMA model legislation to create a vehicle titling and registration classification for street rods and custom vehicles has been reintroduced in the New York General Assembly by Assemblymember Bill Reilich (reilicw@assembly.state.ny.us).  The bill (A.B. 2429) 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.   

We Urge You to Contact Members of the New York Assembly Transportation  Committee (List Below) Immediately to Request Their Support for A.B. 2429

• A.B. 2429 provides specific registration (one-time registration fee of $23) and titling classes for street rods and customs, including kits and replicas.
  
  
• A.B. 2429 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.
  
  
• A.B. 2429 exempts street rods and customs from a range of standard equipment requirements (only that equipment required in the model year that the vehicle resembles) and emissions inspections.
  
  
• A.B. 2429 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.
  
  
• A.B. 2429 provides for special license plates for street rods and custom vehicles and permits the use of blue dot taillights.
  

DON’T DELAY!  Please contact members of the Assembly Transportation Committee on Public Transportation immediately by phone or e-mail to urge their support for A.B. 2429. 

Please e-mail a copy of your letter to stevem@sema.org.  Thank you for your assistance.

New York Assembly Transportation Committee

Assemblymember David Gantt – Chair
Phone: 518/455-5606
Email: GanttD@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Marc Alessi
Phone: 518/455-5294
Email: AlessiM@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Jim Bacalles
Phone: 581/455-5791
Email: BacallesJ@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Michael Cusick
Phone: 518/455-5526
Email: CusickM@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Francine DelMonte
Phone: 518/455-5284
Email: DelMonF@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Ruben Diaz
Phone: 518/455-5514
Email: DiazR@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Joseph Errigo
Phone: 518/455-5662
Email: ErrigoJ@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Dennis Gabryszak
Phone: 518/455-5921
Email: GabryszakD@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Joe Giglio
Phone: 518/455-5241
Email: GiglioJ@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Sam Hoyt
Phone: 518/455-4886
Email: HoytS@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Janele Hyer-Spencer
Phone: 518/455-5716
Email: HyerSpencerD@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember George Latimer
Phone: 518/455-4897
Email: LatimeG@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Donna Lupardo
Phone: 518/455-5431
Email: LupardoD@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Alan Maisel
Phone: 518/455-5211
Email: MaiselA@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember David McDonough
Phone: 518/455-4633
Email: McDonoD@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember JoanMillman
Phone: 518/455-5426
Email: MillmaJ@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Nick Perry
Phone: 518/455-4166
Email: PerryN@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Bill Reilich
Phone: 518/455-4664
Email: ReilicW@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Michelle Schimel
Phone: 518/455-5192
Email: SchimelM@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Mike Spano
Phone: 518/455-3662
Email: SpanoM@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Fred Thiele
Phone: 518/455-5997
Email: ThieleF@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Matthew Titone
Phone: 518/455-4677
Email: TitoneM@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Lou Tobacco
Phone: 518/455-4495
Email: TobaccoL@assembly.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Harvey Weisenberg
Phone: 518/455-3028
Email: WeisenH@assembly.state.ny.us