Law & Order

The Illinois House of Representatives has reintroduced legislation allowing the state to provide information to gas stations encouraging the stations to offer E15 as an option for customers.

Legislation has been introduced in Texas to add an additional fee of $50 to the vehicle registration and renewal fees. The extra $50 would be deposited into the Texas Mobility Fund.

A bill that originally sought to increase property taxes paid by some owners of antique motor vehicles was amended and approved by the House Roads and Transportation Committee.

Legislation has been introduced in New York and Massachusetts to require the issuance of only a single license plate for motor vehicles.

SEMA-supported legislation to allow the owner of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer manufactured in the year 1948, 1949 or 1950 to display a single original Montana license plate that is affixed to the rear of the vehicle was approved by the Montana Senate.

SEMA is supporting legislation to require the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) to provide, for one year, a specially designed vintage reproduction registration plate to qualifying vehicle owners.

Legislation has been introduced in Pennsylvania to exempt from emissions inspections those vehicles registered in fifth-class counties with a population of less than 116,500 residents.

Legislation containing a SEMA-drafted amendment to totally exempt from the license tax all vehicles and parts cars stored on private property for the purpose of restoration or repair was signed into law by Governor Bob McDonnell.

SEMA-supported legislation to allow the owner of a motor vehicle trailer, semi-trailer or pole trailer manufactured in the year 1948, 1949 or 1950 to display a single original Montana license plate that is affixed to the rear of the vehicle was approved by the Montana Senate Highways and Transportation Committee.

Working with a group of Maine businesses, SEMA successfully opposed legislation that would have required the State Police to authorize a person to modify a vehicle by lifting its suspension.