Street Rod law passes in Delaware

New Jersey and North Carolina also introduce SEMA-model legislation

 

With grassroots support for common sense laws swelling around the country, more and more state legislators are seeing the wisdom of enacting SEMA-model street rod laws, allowing for specific titling classes for street rods, custom cars and replicas.
 

 

Earlier this month, Delaware governor Ruth Ann Minner, by inking DE House Bill 206, added the small state to the growing list of states which have enacted similar SEMA laws.

 

The press release from the Specialty Equipment Marketing Association (SEMA) reads:

 

Jun 12, 2008

DELAWARE ENACTS LAW TO EXEMPT STREET RODS FROM INSPECTIONS
 

SEMA-supported legislation to exempt street rods from the state’s regular safety inspections was approved by the Delaware State Legislature and signed into law by Governor Ruth Ann Minner.

Under an agreement reached with state regulators, the registration and titling process will be changed administratively to allow street rods to be assigned a registration and titling designation bearing the same model.
 

In New Jersey, the Factory Five community has been rallying around a proposal to amend replica registration for some time now.  Finally, a bill has been introduced.

 

Again, the SEMA press release:


Jun 12, 2008

SEMA-MODEL STREET ROD BILL INTRODUCED IN NEW JERSEY
 

SEMA model legislation that would create a vehicle registration classification for street rods and custom vehicles and provide for special

license plates for these vehicles was introduced in the New Jersey State Legislature. The bill 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 allows kit cars and replica vehicles to be assigned a certificate of title bearing the same model year designation the body of the vehicle most closely resembles.

 

On the SEMA website you can also find more details on the New Jersey bill

 

Also in June, FFROGs in the Tar Heel State are being rewarded for their efforts in behalf of logical Replica legislation.

 

The SEMA press release reads:
 

Jun 12, 2008

NORTH CAROLINA INTRODUCES REPLICA VEHICLE BILL
 

A version of SEMA-model legislation to create a vehicle registration classification for replica vehicles has been introduced in the North Carolina Senate. Under the bill, replicas are defined as motor vehicles sold unassembled and manufactured from kits that, when assembled, replicate an earlier year, make and model vehicle. The bill allows replica vehicles to be assigned a certificate of title bearing the same model year designation the body of the vehicle most closely resembles.
 

To find out how you can make a difference in your state, contact SEMA’s Steve McDonald (stevem@sema.org) directly.