North Carolina Street Rod and Replica Vehicle Bill to be Considered in Senate Committee
on Tuesday, Apr. 28, 2009
A version of SEMA model legislation to create a vehicle registration classification for street rods, replicas and custom vehicles will be heard by
the North Carolina Senate Commerce Committee. The committee will consider a substitute to S.B. 820 (Click here to review substitute). The substitute is a product of
negotiations between SEMA and the hobbyist network in North Carolina. We believe that the substitute version of S.B. 820, if passed, will retain
the key components of the SEMA-model language while relieving vehicle owners of unfair title branding and inspection concerns. SEMA also
believes that the substitute bill adequately addresses the concerns expressed in recent weeks by all parties, while offering the benefits other states
have experienced from these new registration and titling classifications.
We Urge You to Call All Members of the North Carolina
Senate Commerce Committee (Contact Information Below) Immediately to Request Their Support for the Substitute to S.B. 820
- S.B. 820 provides specific registration and titling classes for street rods, custom vehicles and replicas. Street rods are of a pre-1949
vintage; customs are of the post-1949 era.
- S.B. 820 allows for the use of non-original materials and creates a titling and registration criterion that assigns replica vehicles the same
model year designation as the production vehicle intended to be replicated.
- S.B. 820 requires that the title of a replica vehicle must clearly indicate that the vehicle is a replica and not an original.
- S.B. 820 only holds street rods, customs and replicas to the equipment standards specified by law during the model year listed on the title of
the vehicle.
- S.B. 820 provides an avenue by which the state can accurately and fairly title and register these specialty vehicles.
- S.B. 820 recognizes the immeasurable amount of time, money and attention automotive enthusiasts invest in their hobby cars. Street rods,
customs and replicas are the same crowd pleasers that participate in exhibitions and as parade vehicles, and whose owners regularly contribute to
charities and civic events. This legislation represents an opportunity to acknowledge this family hobby and to protect it for future
generations.
DON’T DELAY! Please call members of the Senate Commerce Committee immediately to urge support for the substitute to S.B.
820
North Carolina Senate Commerce Committee
Senator R.C. Soles – Chairman
Phone: 919/733-5963
Senator Floyd McKissick – Vice Chairman
Phone: 919/733-4599
Senator David Hoyle – Vice Chairman
Phone: 919/733-5734
Senator Tony Rand – Vice Chairman
Phone: 919/733-9892
Senator Tom Apodaca
Phone: 919/733-5745
Senator Phil Berger
Phone: 919/733-5708
Senator Doug Berger
Phone: 919/715-8363
Senator Harris Blake
Phone: 919/733-4809
Senator Julia Boseman
Phone: 919/715-2525
Senator Peter Brunstetter
Phone: 919/733-7850
Senator Debbie Clary
Phone: 919/715-3038
Senator Katie Dorsett
Phone: 919/715-3042
Senator Tony Foriest
Phone: 919/301-1446
Senator James Forrester
Phone: 919/715-3050
Senator Linda Garrou
Phone: 919/733-5620
Senator W. Edward Goodall
Phone: 919/733-7659
Senator Steve Goss
Phone: 919/733-5742
Senator Malcolm Graham
Phone: 919/733-5650
Senator Neal Hunt
Phone: 919/733-5850
Senator Jim Jacumin
Phone: 919/715-7823
Senator Clark Jenkins
Phone: 919/715-3040
Senator Martin Nesbitt
Phone: 919/715-3001
Senator William Purcell
Phone: 919/733-5953
Senator Bob Rucho
Phone: 919/733-5655
Senator Larry Shaw
Phone: 919/733-9349
Senator Josh Stein
Phone: 919/715-6400
Senator Richard Stevens
Phone: 919/733-5653
Senator Don Vaughan
Phone: 919/733-5856
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