CA emissions regs

[John Larson]

The DMV was forced to get rid of the EIF and rebate the money to those who
paid.  They're taking this badly, BTW, and dragging their feet
unconsionably.  It's difficult to part a government from it's money when it
thinks of it as an entitlement.  This happened within the last 18 months or
so.  The court mentioned a number of factors, but prominent was unequal
treatment of people from other states.... the restraint of interstate
commerce thing.  I didn't specify the time period for bring in new cars
because I don't know it.  Our DMV has a website that should have it.  A good
search engine should be able to put it at your fingertips.  HTH, John
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Magliocco" <magliocc at rocketmail.com>
To: "John Larson" <j.d.larson at verizon.net>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 4:10 AM
Subject: Re: CA emissions regs


> Easy John...I'm just going on what various immigrants
> to the quake state have said to me...but you do say
> that there is no "environmental impact fee" (any
> more)...does that mean that at one time there _was_
> such a fee?  When was it terminated?  When it was in
> force, what did it cost an owner?
>
> As I said at the outset, I don't claim any expertise
> on the matter...
>
>
> But back to the "time limits"...how long must one own
> a car (assumed "federal" emissions that meet tests)
> _before_ they can "import" the vehicle into the land
> of fruits & nuts?
>
>
>
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