Virginia Withdraws Bill to Restrict Hobbyist Inoperable Vehicles
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) sent Hagerty Plus the following Legislative Alert to share with our customers and agents immediately. If you have any questions regarding this alert, please call or email Rory Carroll, Hagerty Plus Legislative Resource Director at 800-922-4050, x8407 / mailto:Rcarroll@hagerty.com or Steve McDonald, SEMA Vice President of Government Affairs at stevem@sema.com
The sponsor for legislation (H.B. 2570) to allow the City of Newport News to adopt a more restrictive inoperable vehicle ordinance has withdrawn the legislation from consideration by the House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns. Under the bill, the city could have adopted an ordinance prohibiting any person from keeping more than ONE inoperable motor vehicle on private property except within a fully enclosed building. Further, the bill required that the one vehicle now be shielded from view by the “installation of an opaque fence.”
Thank you and congratulations to all who participated in the effort to oppose H.B. 2570.
If you are experiencing any difficulty in contacting your legislators, please contact Rory Carroll, Hagerty Plus Legislative Resource Director, at Advocacy@hagerty.com or 888-310-8020.
Please e-mail a copy of your letters to us at Advocacy@hagerty.comor fax: 231-932-6887.
Thank you for your commitment to the future of the collector vehicle hobby.
Sincerely,
McKeel Hagerty
