<VV> URGENT ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE ALERT--INOPERABLE VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS INCREASED

[Joe Robbins]

I got this email from Hagerty today, we in IL need to email our opposition
to this bill that could cause many cars to get crushed before they could get
restored and also lose a potential parts source.



Joe Robbins












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URGENT ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE ALERT




The Specialty Equipment and Market Association (SEMA) sent the Hagerty
Protection Network the following ILLINOIS Legislative Alert recently to
share with our customers and agents. If you have any questions regarding
this alert, please call or email Sydney McManus, Hagerty Protection Network
Legislative Director at 800-922-4050, x8787 / smcmanus@hagerty.com or Steve
McDonald, SEMAVice President of Governmental Affairs at stevem@sema.org.


Illinois Reintroduces Bill to Further Restrict Inoperable Collector Vehicles

A bill (H.B. 25) has been reintroduced in Illinois by State Representative
Dan Brady (dan@rep-danbrady.com) that would further restrict the ability of
Illinois vehicle hobbyists from maintaining inoperable vehicles on private
property. The bill removes historic vehicles over 25-years of age from a
list of vehicles exempt from county inoperable vehicle ordinances if they
are not kept within a building.  Under current law, a county board may
declare all inoperable vehicles a nuisance and order their disposal.  This
bill, if enacted, would subject your ungaraged historic hobby cars to
disposal and possible fines.

PleaseContact Your State Legislators Immediately To Request Their Opposition
to H.B. 25

 H.B. 25 would give local authorities an inordinate amount of power in
determining the disposition of historic project cars.

 H.B. 25 would make it virtually impossible for Illinois hobbyists to
maintain inoperable collector vehicles on private property.

 H.B. 25 demonstrates a lack of understanding of the vehicle hobby and the
rights of hobbyists.

Contact your State Legislators in Springfield immediately by phone, fax or
e-mail in opposition to H.B. 25. Bill sponsor Rep. Dan Brady can be reached
at dan@rep-danbrady.com.  This bill unfairly tramples on the rights of
vehicle enthusiasts and collectors in Illinois.

If you need assistance in determining who your legislators are and their
contact information, please contact the Illinois Legislatures General
Information Line at 217/782-2000.     This information may also be found on
the Hagerty Protection Network website, Advocacy Avenue section at
http://www.hagerty.com/news_advocacy.asp?z=contact
or by emailing or calling Sydney McManus, Hagerty Protection Network
Legislative Director, at smcmanus@hagerty.com or 800-922-4050, x8787.

Please e-mail a copy of your letters to us at smcmanus@hagerty.com or fax:
231-932-6887.

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

Sincerely,
McKeel Hagerty
Hagerty Protection Network




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