All California automobile service providers are required to check tire pressures for every vehicle maintained or repaired at their facility as of September 2010. The law applies to auto maintenance/repair providers but not to auto-parts distributers/retailers, auto body/paint facilities, auto glass installers or wreckers/dismantlers. California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill to clarify the law. The bill would have required tire pressure gauges to be accurate within 2 psi and would have allowed the service provider to refuse to check the pressure if the tire is “unsafe” (for example, excessive tread wear) or damaged (for example, crack, bulge or ply separation).  

The Governor wanted regulators to have more flexibility in interpreting the law, such as potentially considering tire age as a safety issue. Under the existing law, service providers are required to inflate the tires to the recommended tire pressure rating. The provider must note on the invoice that the tire inflation service was completed and then keep a copy of the service invoice for at least three years. The customer may decline the check if the customer affirms that a check had already been done within the last 30 days, or they will have it checked within the next seven days. The rule applies to all vehicles weighing less than 10,000 lbs.

For more information, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

All California automobile service providers are required to check tire pressures for every vehicle maintained or repaired at their facility as of September 2010. The law applies to auto maintenance/repair providers but not to auto-parts distributers/retailers, auto body/paint facilities, auto glass installers or wreckers/dismantlers. California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill to clarify the law. The bill would have required tire pressure gauges to be accurate within 2 psi and would have allowed the service provider to refuse to check the pressure if the tire is “unsafe” (for example, excessive tread wear) or damaged (for example, crack, bulge or ply separation).  

The Governor wanted regulators to have more flexibility in interpreting the law, such as potentially considering tire age as a safety issue. Under the existing law, service providers are required to inflate the tires to the recommended tire pressure rating. The provider must note on the invoice that the tire inflation service was completed and then keep a copy of the service invoice for at least three years. The customer may decline the check if the customer affirms that a check had already been done within the last 30 days, or they will have it checked within the next seven days. The rule applies to all vehicles weighing less than 10,000 lbs.

For more information, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

Legislation that would give small-business owners a voice on the California Air Resources Board (CARB) was passed by the California Assembly and Senate and sent to Governor Jerry Brown to be enacted into law. Introduced by Assemblymember Curt Hagman, who represents the Diamond Bar district in which SEMA headquarters is located, the bill would create a requirement for one CARB member to be an owner within the past five years of a small business. CARB is a department within the California Environmental Protection Agency that is charged with the task of attaining and maintaining healthy air quality, protecting the public from exposure to toxic air contaminants and issuing air pollution rules and regulations. 

The current 11-person Board does not represent the interests of the small businesses that comprise the regulated community. In light of hard economic times and California’s continued commitment to clean air and green business practices, it is essential that small-business owners be included in important discussions and decisions made by CARB. The SEMA-supported measure recognizes that the regulations issued by the Board directly affect small businesses and would ensure that the rights of small-business owners are represented. 

For more information, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

Legislation that would give small-business owners a voice on the California Air Resources Board (CARB) was passed by the California Assembly and Senate and sent to Governor Jerry Brown to be enacted into law. Introduced by Assemblymember Curt Hagman, who represents the Diamond Bar district in which SEMA headquarters is located, the bill would create a requirement for one CARB member to be an owner within the past five years of a small business. CARB is a department within the California Environmental Protection Agency that is charged with the task of attaining and maintaining healthy air quality, protecting the public from exposure to toxic air contaminants and issuing air pollution rules and regulations. 

The current 11-person Board does not represent the interests of the small businesses that comprise the regulated community. In light of hard economic times and California’s continued commitment to clean air and green business practices, it is essential that small-business owners be included in important discussions and decisions made by CARB. The SEMA-supported measure recognizes that the regulations issued by the Board directly affect small businesses and would ensure that the rights of small-business owners are represented. 

For more information, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

The designated SEMA primary contact for your company should have received an e-mail on September 13 from the association's immediate-past chairman Rick Rollins and current chairman Scooter Brothers about a revision to the SEMA Bylaws.

The SEMA Board of Directors recently approved a motion to decrease the size of the Board. The bylaw revision initiative reflects their consensus that a smaller Board would improve the quality of discussion and reduce cost.

The current SEMA Board meetings total 26 individuals. A smaller group would be able to have more productive discussions, see each other eye-to-eye, be prepared and held accountable. Board members in a smaller group setting are often more comfortable stating what they believe or know, voicing an “unpopular” point of view and asking questions. The result is higher quality input, analysis and better Board decisions and guidance.

We are sending this communication now to be certain that our message reached the right person in every SEMA-member company. Only the designated SEMA “primary contact” may register a vote.

If you are the SEMA primary contact for your company, and did receive our e-mail, please give us two minutes and record your vote now, using your member number and password to vote online.

If voting instructions have not been received by your company’s primary contact, please advise that person to e-mail support@directvote.net in order to receive materials necessary to log your company’s vote.

If you do not know who the SEMA primary contact is for your company, e-mail Arlene Wood or call 909/978-6689.  

For a more complete review of the arguments for and against the proposal, SEMA members are invited and encouraged to visit www.sema.org/voteNOW/faq.

Your company’s vote is important. The Board-approved changes are needed to make the Board more productive for the SEMA membership. We thank you for supplying your company’s input on this important matter.

The designated SEMA primary contact for your company should have received an e-mail on September 13 from the association's immediate-past chairman Rick Rollins and current chairman Scooter Brothers about a revision to the SEMA Bylaws.

The SEMA Board of Directors recently approved a motion to decrease the size of the Board. The bylaw revision initiative reflects their consensus that a smaller Board would improve the quality of discussion and reduce cost.

The current SEMA Board meetings total 26 individuals. A smaller group would be able to have more productive discussions, see each other eye-to-eye, be prepared and held accountable. Board members in a smaller group setting are often more comfortable stating what they believe or know, voicing an “unpopular” point of view and asking questions. The result is higher quality input, analysis and better Board decisions and guidance.

We are sending this communication now to be certain that our message reached the right person in every SEMA-member company. Only the designated SEMA “primary contact” may register a vote.

If you are the SEMA primary contact for your company, and did receive our e-mail, please give us two minutes and record your vote now, using your member number and password to vote online.

If voting instructions have not been received by your company’s primary contact, please advise that person to e-mail support@directvote.net in order to receive materials necessary to log your company’s vote.

If you do not know who the SEMA primary contact is for your company, e-mail Arlene Wood or call 909/978-6689.  

For a more complete review of the arguments for and against the proposal, SEMA members are invited and encouraged to visit www.sema.org/voteNOW/faq.

Your company’s vote is important. The Board-approved changes are needed to make the Board more productive for the SEMA membership. We thank you for supplying your company’s input on this important matter.

The designated SEMA primary contact for your company should have received an e-mail on September 13 from the association's immediate-past chairman Rick Rollins and current chairman Scooter Brothers about a revision to the SEMA Bylaws.

The SEMA Board of Directors recently approved a motion to decrease the size of the Board. The bylaw revision initiative reflects their consensus that a smaller Board would improve the quality of discussion and reduce cost.

The current SEMA Board meetings total 26 individuals. A smaller group would be able to have more productive discussions, see each other eye-to-eye, be prepared and held accountable. Board members in a smaller group setting are often more comfortable stating what they believe or know, voicing an “unpopular” point of view and asking questions. The result is higher quality input, analysis and better Board decisions and guidance.

We are sending this communication now to be certain that our message reached the right person in every SEMA-member company. Only the designated SEMA “primary contact” may register a vote.

If you are the SEMA primary contact for your company, and did receive our e-mail, please give us two minutes and record your vote now, using your member number and password to vote online.

If voting instructions have not been received by your company’s primary contact, please advise that person to e-mail support@directvote.net in order to receive materials necessary to log your company’s vote.

If you do not know who the SEMA primary contact is for your company, e-mail Arlene Wood or call 909/978-6689.  

For a more complete review of the arguments for and against the proposal, SEMA members are invited and encouraged to visit www.sema.org/voteNOW/faq.

Your company’s vote is important. The Board-approved changes are needed to make the Board more productive for the SEMA membership. We thank you for supplying your company’s input on this important matter.

The designated SEMA primary contact for your company should have received an e-mail on September 13 from the association's immediate-past chairman Rick Rollins and current chairman Scooter Brothers about a revision to the SEMA Bylaws.

The SEMA Board of Directors recently approved a motion to decrease the size of the Board. The bylaw revision initiative reflects their consensus that a smaller Board would improve the quality of discussion and reduce cost.

The current SEMA Board meetings total 26 individuals. A smaller group would be able to have more productive discussions, see each other eye-to-eye, be prepared and held accountable. Board members in a smaller group setting are often more comfortable stating what they believe or know, voicing an “unpopular” point of view and asking questions. The result is higher quality input, analysis and better Board decisions and guidance.

We are sending this communication now to be certain that our message reached the right person in every SEMA-member company. Only the designated SEMA “primary contact” may register a vote.

If you are the SEMA primary contact for your company, and did receive our e-mail, please give us two minutes and record your vote now, using your member number and password to vote online.

If voting instructions have not been received by your company’s primary contact, please advise that person to e-mail support@directvote.net in order to receive materials necessary to log your company’s vote.

If you do not know who the SEMA primary contact is for your company, e-mail Arlene Wood or call 909/978-6689.  

For a more complete review of the arguments for and against the proposal, SEMA members are invited and encouraged to visit www.sema.org/voteNOW/faq.

Your company’s vote is important. The Board-approved changes are needed to make the Board more productive for the SEMA membership. We thank you for supplying your company’s input on this important matter.

The designated SEMA primary contact for your company should have received an e-mail on September 13 from the association's immediate-past chairman Rick Rollins and current chairman Scooter Brothers about a revision to the SEMA Bylaws.

The SEMA Board of Directors recently approved a motion to decrease the size of the Board. The bylaw revision initiative reflects their consensus that a smaller Board would improve the quality of discussion and reduce cost.

The current SEMA Board meetings total 26 individuals. A smaller group would be able to have more productive discussions, see each other eye-to-eye, be prepared and held accountable. Board members in a smaller group setting are often more comfortable stating what they believe or know, voicing an “unpopular” point of view and asking questions. The result is higher quality input, analysis and better Board decisions and guidance.

We are sending this communication now to be certain that our message reached the right person in every SEMA-member company. Only the designated SEMA “primary contact” may register a vote.

If you are the SEMA primary contact for your company, and did receive our e-mail, please give us two minutes and record your vote now, using your member number and password to vote online.

If voting instructions have not been received by your company’s primary contact, please advise that person to e-mail support@directvote.net in order to receive materials necessary to log your company’s vote.

If you do not know who the SEMA primary contact is for your company, e-mail Arlene Wood or call 909/978-6689.  

For a more complete review of the arguments for and against the proposal, SEMA members are invited and encouraged to visit www.sema.org/voteNOW/faq.

Your company’s vote is important. The Board-approved changes are needed to make the Board more productive for the SEMA membership. We thank you for supplying your company’s input on this important matter.

The designated SEMA primary contact for your company should have received an e-mail on September 13 from the association's immediate-past chairman Rick Rollins and current chairman Scooter Brothers about a revision to the SEMA Bylaws.

The SEMA Board of Directors recently approved a motion to decrease the size of the Board. The bylaw revision initiative reflects their consensus that a smaller Board would improve the quality of discussion and reduce cost.

The current SEMA Board meetings total 26 individuals. A smaller group would be able to have more productive discussions, see each other eye-to-eye, be prepared and held accountable. Board members in a smaller group setting are often more comfortable stating what they believe or know, voicing an “unpopular” point of view and asking questions. The result is higher quality input, analysis and better Board decisions and guidance.

We are sending this communication now to be certain that our message reached the right person in every SEMA-member company. Only the designated SEMA “primary contact” may register a vote.

If you are the SEMA primary contact for your company, and did receive our e-mail, please give us two minutes and record your vote now, using your member number and password to vote online.

If voting instructions have not been received by your company’s primary contact, please advise that person to e-mail support@directvote.net in order to receive materials necessary to log your company’s vote.

If you do not know who the SEMA primary contact is for your company, e-mail Arlene Wood or call 909/978-6689.  

For a more complete review of the arguments for and against the proposal, SEMA members are invited and encouraged to visit www.sema.org/voteNOW/faq.

Your company’s vote is important. The Board-approved changes are needed to make the Board more productive for the SEMA membership. We thank you for supplying your company’s input on this important matter.