Connecticut: Registration, Inspection & Emissions

[SJK2]

Don,
A thought would be, can all who will attend meet up somehow there for combined strategy.??

Also what do you think of this used w/perm letter:
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Dear Joint Transportation Committee Member:

By this letter, I am requesting your support for legislation (H.B. No.5790) to exempt composite vehicles from emissions testing including street rods and custom cars, kit cars and replicas.


This legislation represents a number of important benefits to a huge number of Connecticut residents. The Connecticut street rod and custom vehicle community is an important part of our State.

Street rods and custom cars are the same crowd pleasers that participate in exhibitions and as parade vehicles, and whose owners regularly contribute to charities and civic events. H.B. 5790 simply recognize the immeasurable amount of time, money and thought automotive hobbyists invest in their cars. For many vehicle enthusiasts in Connecticut and throughout America, building, maintaining and enjoying their vehicles is a favorite pastime. This legislation represents an opportunity to acknowledge their commitment to the hobby and to protect it for future generations.

Based on model legislation crafted by the Specialty Equipment market Association (SEMA), similar bills have been enacted in Illinois (2002), Missouri (2004), Rhode Island (2004), Montana (2005) and Maine (2005). A version of the bill was also enacted in Hawaii (2004). The New York, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Virginia, Wyoming and Arkansas Legislatures have already introduced the SEMA model for the 2006 legislative session.

Thank you for your consideration. If you have any questions, or require additional information please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,
xxx
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[Don]

Steve, good thought, but by Friday morning @ 9:00 the 50 copies of the written testimony will need to be prepared.

Difficult to determine what is valued more, the written or the speaking session, especially with 34 members on the House Transportation Committee. Remeber that all members of the Transportation Committee may or may not be present during the entire Public Hearing due to conflicts with other Committee schedules etc., implies the importance of the written testimony to inform all 34.

There is no right or wrong approach, but when I was on a Corporate Public Affairs Committee, we encouraged everyone to use their own words and thoughts to convey the message which is implied in the title of HB 5790,:

Title: AN ACT CONCERNING COMPOSITE VEHICLES.

Statement of Purpose: To exempt composite vehicles from emissions testing because such vehicles are only driven a few miles per year.

The thought being that if every written document was similar or even exactly the same ( resembles a petition ), there could be a tendency to ignore the document, not knowing the preferences and thought process of 34 individuals .

The point is valid in mentioning what other states are doing.

[enyawix]

Originally Posted by SJK2

Don,
A thought would be, can all who will attend meet up somehow there for combined strategy.??

Also what do you think of this used w/perm letter:
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Dear Joint Transportation Committee Member:

By this letter, I am requesting your support for legislation (H.B. No.5790) to exempt composite vehicles from emissions testing including street rods and custom cars, kit cars and replicas.


This legislation represents a number of important benefits to a huge number of Connecticut residents. The Connecticut street rod and custom vehicle community is an important part of our State.

Street rods and custom cars are the same crowd pleasers that participate in exhibitions and as parade vehicles, and whose owners regularly contribute to charities and civic events. H.B. 5790 simply recognize the immeasurable amount of time, money and thought automotive hobbyists invest in their cars. For many vehicle enthusiasts in Connecticut and throughout America, building, maintaining and enjoying their vehicles is a favorite pastime. This legislation represents an opportunity to acknowledge their commitment to the hobby and to protect it for future generations.

Based on model legislation crafted by the Specialty Equipment market Association (SEMA), similar bills have been enacted in Illinois (2002), Missouri (2004), Rhode Island (2004), Montana (2005) and Maine (2005). A version of the bill was also enacted in Hawaii (2004). The New York, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Virginia, Wyoming and Arkansas Legislatures have already introduced the SEMA model for the 2006 legislative session.

Thank you for your consideration. If you have any questions, or require additional information please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,
xxx
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I live in Tennessee. Will this make it easy to get tags?

[Don]

Note the CC Thread on EPA Kit Car Policy:

http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/show...979#post778979

[Cashburn]

Something to add to this discussion... how are the towns handling the property tax calculation each year? I get this question often and the answer is varied...

[RENEW1]

In my town, Tolland, Ct. in year 2000, I got a call from the accessors office asking mewhat my Cobra was worth. I Have no idea if they had anything from DMV or were just double checking. I gave them the amount on the ERA sales slip. The bad thing about it is they did not depreciate the car every year for the 4 years I had it! Not sure what will happen when I register my new Cobra.

[Don]

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Connecticut: Registration, Inspection & Emissions

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[Don]

A letter to the Editor of the Manchester CT Journal Inquirer mentioned a Sales Tax policy I was not aware of.

If the vehicle is purchased from a private party, the Sales Tax is calculated based upon the market value source used by the DMV, not the amount listed on the Bill of Sale. In the example, the vehicle had been purchased from a non-profit organization at below market value. Bill of Sale was notarized. Buyer had to pay the Sales tax based upon the DMV market value which was higher.

Mentioned was the buyer could apply for a partial refund based upon the Bill of Sale amount by contacting the Dept of Revenue Services and submitting the paperwork, seller has to sign the document.

Does not apply if the seller is a licensed dealer. There was no mention of what happens when the private party purchase price is higher than the source used by the DMV, which was not specified

An unknown is how the DMV would value a Cobra replica for Sales Tax purposes vs the actual sales price.

Anyone have any experience or a correction to the points mentioned in the letter ?