The Specialty Equipment and Market Association (SEMA) sent the Hagerty Collector Network the following Legislative Alert this afternoon to share with our customers and agents immediately. If you have any questions regarding this alert, please call or email Rory Carroll, Hagerty LegislativeResource Director at 800-922-4050, x8407 / Advocacy@hagerty.com or Steve McDonald, SEMA Vice-President of Government affairs at stevem@sema.org.

URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT

  A version of SEMA model legislation (H.B. 1176) to create a statutory titling and registration class for kit cars and exempt these cars from Colorado’s emissions inspection program has been signed into law.

· H.B. 1176 defines a “kit vehicle” as a passenger-type motor vehicle assembled by otherthan a licensed manufacturer, from a manufactured kit that includes a prefabricated body and chassis and is accompanied by a manufacturer’s statement of origin.

· H.B. 1176 exempts “kit vehicles” from periodic emissions inspections.

Thanks to SEMA and all Colorado Hobbyists for you diligence in supporting this bill.

Please e-mail a copy of your letters to us at Advocacy@hagerty.comor fax: 231-922-8855

Thank you for your commitment to the future of collector cars and the hobby.

Sincerely,

McKeel Hagerty
Hagerty Collector Network