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Street Rod and Custom Vehicle Bill Reintroduced in Texas

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#1 ·
SEMA SAN - SEMA ACTION NETWORK



SEMA model legislation (H.B. 890) that would create a vehicle registration classification for street rods and custom vehicles and provide for special license plates for these vehicles has been reintroduced in the Texas State Legislature. H.B. 890 defines a street rod as an altered vehicle manufactured before 1949 and a custom as an altered vehicle at least 25 years old and manufactured after 1948. The bill has been referred to the Texas House Transportation Committee for consideration.



We Urge You to Contact All Members of the Texas House Transportation Committee (List Attached Below) Immediately to Request Their Support for H.B. 890.

H.B. 890 provides specific registration/titling classes and license plates for street rods and customs, including replicas. Street rods are of a pre-1949 vintage; customs are of the post-1949 era.


H.B. 890 allows for the use of non-original materials and creates a titling and registration criterion that assigns these vehicles the same model year designation as the production vehicle they most closely resemble.


H.B. 890 only holds street rods, customs and replicas to the equipment standards specified by law during the model year listed on the title of the vehicle.


H.B. 890 recognizes the immeasurable amount of time, money and attention automotive enthusiasts invest in their hobby cars. Street rods, customs and replicas are the same crowd pleasers that participate in exhibitions and as parade vehicles, and whose owners regularly contribute to charities and civic events. This legislation represents an opportunity to acknowledge this family hobby and to protect it for future generations.
DON’T DELAY! Please contact members of the Texas House Transportation Committee of Representatives to urge support for H.B. 890.



Please e-mail a copy of your letters to Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org



Texas House Transportation Committee



Representative Larry Phillips - Chair
Phone: 512/463-0297
Email: Larry.Phillips@house.state.tx.us



Representative Drew Darby - Vice Chair
Phone: 512/463-0331
Email: Drew.Darby@house.state.tx.us



Representative Dennis Bonnen
Phone: 512/463-056
Email: Dennis.Bonnen@house.state.tx.us



Representative Yvonne Davis
Phone: 512/463-0598
Email: Yvonne.Davis@house.state.tx.us



Representative Allen Fletcher
Phone: 512/463-0661
Email: Allen.Fletcher@house.state.tx.us



Representative Linda Harper-Brown
Phone: 512/463-0641
Email: Linda.Harper_Brown@house.state.tx.us



Representative George Lavender
Phone: 512/463-0692
Email: George.Lavender@house.state.tx.us



Representative Armando Martinez
Phone: 512/463-0530
Email: Mando.Martinez@house.state.tx.us



Representative Ruth Jones McClendon
Phone: 512/463-0708
Email: Ruth.McClendon@house.state.tx.us



Representative Joseph Pickett
Phone: 512/463-0596
Email: Joe.Pickett@house.state.tx.us



Representative Eddie Rodriguez
Phone: 512/463-0674
Email: Eddie.Rodriguez@house.state.tx.us
 
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#3 · (Edited)
Dont really see the point of this bill.

You can already register, title and inspect replicas, kit cars and customs with ease in Texas.

Only cars that have to get sniffer test are 86-93 OBD-I cars. 60's replica kits are exempt and OBD-II just get the code scanner hooked up. And eventually the OBD-I cars will grandfather into emissions exemption with the 25 yr old clause.
 
#5 ·
The bill provides specific registration/titling classes and license plates for street rods and customs, including replicas. It also permits the use of non-original materials and creates a titling and registration criterion that assigns these vehicles the same model year designation as the production vehicle they most closely resemble. Moreover, HB890 only holds street rods, customs and replicas to the equipment standards specified by law during the model year listed on the title of the vehicle.
 
#20 ·
In order to provide maximum impact at the Texas House Transportation Committee hearing, it is important that enthusiasts pack the room with supporters of HB890 for Wednesday’s committee hearing. HB890 is based on SEMA model legislation and creates a vehicle titling and registration classification for street rods and custom vehicles.

The House Transportation Committee meeting will be Wednesday, March 16 at 8:00 a.m. at the following address:

Capitol Extension Hearing Room E2.028
Austin, TX 78701

If you are accessible to the state capitol or have a strong interest in seeing this bill approved by the legislature, please make plans to attend.
 
#23 ·
Thread resurrection time:

I want to take a 2010 mustang, strip it all the way down to bare unibody, and then reassemble it with a pushrod motor, tremec 5-speed and 9-inch rear end, and try to make it resemble a 1965 Mustang. Would it then be an "assembled" vehicle? Should I just go ahead and register the car in Arkansas to avoid the inspection hassles?
 
#24 ·
Check your local current laws. Don't rely on a Mustang Forum for answers to a law that was implemented 9 years ago and has likely changed since then.....that being said, in order to register a car in another State requires proof of citizenship in that State.
 
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