TOY: Georgia ALERT

[DRM033@xxxxxxx]

If you Georgia guys aren't already making calls and writing letters you had
better get started.


Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:05:42 EST
From: JamesL1033@aol.com
Subject: Bad legislation pending for GA and OR 4X4s
To: Offroad@offroadlist.com

Georgia Introduces Bill to Severely Limit Suspension Alterations, Lighting
Equipment

    A bill (H.B. 192) has been introduced in the Georgia legislature by Rep.
Bobby Parham that would ban ANY vehicle whose suspension was altered more
than two inches above or below the factory recommendation.  Previously, this
law only applied to private passenger cars M-bM-^@M-^S not trucks.  The bill
also
requires lenses on taillights to meet federal standards and not be
M-bM-^@M-^\covered
or consist of anything other than reflective material installed as original
factory equipment or its equivalent replacement.M-bM-^@M-^]

We Urge You to Contact Your State Legislators Immediately to Oppose H.B. 192

M-BM-7 H.B. 192 would ban reasonably altered vehicles due to overstated 
concerns
with bumper mismatch.

M-BM-7 H.B. 192 discriminates against hobbyists and aftermarket parts makers 
by
leaving it solely to the vehicle manufacturers to choose vehicle heights.

M-BM-7 H.B. 192 would force owners of modified vehicles to spend large sums of
money to reinstall original components.

M-BM-7 H.B. 192 would ban useful alterations that provide adequate clearance 
for
on/off road capability and accommodate heavy loads, larger tires, improved
suspension and water-fording capability.

M-BM-7 H.B. 192 would ban taillamp covers even when the lamps are not in use.

This bill tramples on the rights of vehicle enthusiasts in Georgia.  Please
call and write Rep. Parham, the House Motor Vehicle Committee members (see
attached list) and your own state legislators immediately to oppose this
legislation.  If you need assistance in determining who your legislators
are, please contact the Georgia General AssemblyM-bM-^@M-^Ys General
Information Line
at 404/656-5000.  This information can also be obtained by calling the SEMA
Washington, D.C. office at 202/783-6007 or via the Internet at
www.sema.org/fedleg/legislatorrequest.  Please fax a copy of your letters to
us at 202/783-6024 or mail to:

SEMA Washington Office
1317 F Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC  20004
Attention:  Steve McDonald/Brian Caudill


Georgia House Motor Vehicles Committee


Chairman, Bobby Eugene Parham
Georgia House of Representatives
218 State Capitol
Atlanta, GA  30334
(404) 656-5132
(912) 452-5152

Vice Chairman, Alan Powell
Georgia House of Representatives
607 Legislative Office Building
Atlanta, GA  30334
(404) 656-0287
(706) 376-4422

Rep. Lawrence R. Roberts
Georgia House of Representatives
501 Legislative Office Building
(404) 656-0177
(912) 432-9510

Rep. John D. Bulloch, Jr.
Georgia House of Representatives
601 Legislative Office Building
Atlanta, GA 30334
(404) 656-0254
(912) 683-3749

Rep. Tom Rice
Georgia House of Representatives
612 Legislative Office Building
Atlanta, GA  30334
(404) 656-0325
(770) 447-1438

Rep. John Wiles
Georgia House of Representatives
611 Legislative Office Building
Atlanta, GA  30334
(404) 656-0314
(770) 425-2490

Rep. John Phillip Yates
Georgia House of Representatives
411 Legislative Office Building
Atlanta, GA  30334
(404) 656-0126
(770) 412-7166





David
DRM033@aol.com
http://www.4x4spot.com