Florida Street Rod and Custom Vehicle Bill

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This bill would be a big help to all Florida replica/kit/street rod builders and it needs your support right now.

URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT

Pro-Hobbyist Street Rod and Custom Vehicle Bill
Reintroduced in Florida

SEMA model legislation to amend the vehicle titling and registration classifications for street rods and create a classification for custom vehicles has been reintroduced in the Florida House and Senate. Both the House bill (H.B. 545) and the Senate bill (S.B. 124) define 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 these identical bills, 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. The bill mirrors model legislation created by SEMA and recently enacted in Illinois, Missouri, Rhode Island, Montana, Hawaii, Maine and Colorado.

We Urge You to Contact Members of the Senate Transportation/Senate Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Committees and the House Economic Expansion and Infrastructure/Policy and Budget Councils (Lists Below) Immediately to Request Their Support for S.B. 124 and H.B. 545



[*]H.B. 545/S.B. 124 provide specific registration and titling classes for street rods and customs, including kits and replicas.
[*]H.B. 545/S.B. 124 allow 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.
[*]H.B. 545/S.B. 124 exempt street rods and customs from emissions inspections and exempt street rods and custom vehicles from a range of standard equipment requirements (only that equipment required in the model year that the vehicle resembles).
[*]H.B. 545/S.B. 124 provide 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.
[*]H.B. 545/S.B. 124 permit the use of blue dot taillights on street rods and custom vehicles.


DON’T DELAY! Please contact members of the four committees and councils listed below immediately by phone or e-mail to urge their support of H.B. 545/S.B. 124.

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

Senate Transportation Committee

Chair: Carey Baker
baker.carey.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5014

Vice Chair: Larcenia J. Bullard
bullard.larcenia.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5127

Lee Constantine
constantine.lee.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5050

Paula Dockery
dockery.paula.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5040

Arthenia L. Joyner
joyner.arthenia.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5059

Gwen Margolis
margolis.gwen.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5121

J. Alex Villalobos
villalobos.alex.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5130

Daniel Webster
(850) 487-5047

Senate Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Committee

Chair: Mike Fasano
fasano.mike.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5062

Vice Chair: Gwen Margolis
margolis.gwen.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5121

Alex Diaz de la Portilla
portilla.alex.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5109

Anthony C. "Tony" Hill, Sr.
hill.anthony.web@flsenate.gov
(850) 487-5024

Daniel Webster
(850) 487-5047

House Economic Expansion and Infrastructure Council

Chair: Dean Cannon
dean.cannon@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-2742

Vice-chair: Dick Kravitz
dick.kravitz@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-1304

Democratic Ranking Member: Joyce Cusack
joyce.cusack@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0580

Gary Aubuchon
gary.aubuchon@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-7433

Susan Bucher
susanbucher@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0175

Edward Bullard
edward.bullard@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-5430

Larry Cretul
larry.cretul@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0887

Don Davis
don.davis@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0001

Mike Davis
mike.davis@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-1028

Keith Fitzgerald
keith.fitzgerald@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-7754

Richard Glorioso
rich.glorioso@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0807

Doug Holder
doug.holder@myfloridahouse.gov\
(850) 488-1171

Peter Nehr
peter.nehr@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-5580

Pat Patterson
pat.patterson@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-9873

Betty Reed
betty.reed@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-5432

Policy and Budget Council

Chair: Ray Sansom
ray.sansom@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-1170

Vice Chair: Stan Mayfield
stan.mayfield@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0952

Democratic Ranking Member: Jack Seiler
jack.seiler@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0880

Kevin Ambler
kevin.ambler@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0275

Loranne Ausley
loranne.ausley@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0965

Aaron Bean
aaron.bean@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-6920

Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall
dorothy.bendross-mindingall@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0625

Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff
ellyn.bogdanoff@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0635

Marsha L. Bowen
marty.bowen@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-2721

Mary Brandenburg
mary.brandenburg@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0260

Donald Brown
donald.brown@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-4726

Dean Cannon
dean.cannon@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-2742

Joyce Cusack
joyce.cusack@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0580

Charles Dean
charles.dean@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0805

Bill Galvano
bill.galvano@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-4086

Andy Gardiner
andy.gardiner@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-9770

Michael J. Grant
michael.grant@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0060

Adam Hasner
adam.hasner@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-2234

Will Kendrick
will.kendrick@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-7870

Dick Kravitz
dick.kravitz@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-1304

Matthew Meadows
matt.meadows@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-8234

Joe Pickens
joe.pickens@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-0665

Ron Reagan
ron.reagan@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-6341

Curtis Richardson
curtis.richardson@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-1798

David Rivera
david.rivera@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-7897

Yolly Roberson
yolly.roberson@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-7088

Dennis Ross
dennis.ross@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-2270

Ron Saunders
ron.saunders@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-9965

Priscilla Taylor
priscilla.taylor@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-8632

Anthony Trey Traviesa
trey.traviesa@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-9910

Baxter Troutman
baxter.troutman@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-9465

Shelley Vana
shelley.vana@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-4791

Juan Zapata
juan.zapata@myfloridahouse.gov
(850) 488-9550