By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff
 A version of SEMA-model legislation to ease the process by which replica cars are titled and registered died when the legislature adjourned for the year. |
A version of SEMA-model legislation to ease the process by which replica cars are titled and registered died when the legislature adjourned for the year. The bill has been approved by the full House of Representatives and had been awaiting a vote by the full Senate.
The measure defined "replica car" as a motor vehicle that is assembled from a pre-fabricated chassis and body kit purchased from a replica car manufacturer.
Among other things, the bill created a specific registration and titling class for replicas and provided that the model year is the year of the model or brand that a replica car most resembles; exempted replica cars from state and local laws or ordinances requiring periodic vehicle or vehicle emission inspections and testing; and provided that replica cars need not have equipment that was not required by state or federal law in its model year.
For more information, visit the SEMA Action Network (SAN) website. For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.