Today the commonwealth wants to eliminate duplicates of all license plates. That means if you have a Year of Manufacture or Antique plate, you might loose it. They say that it is for your safety, but lets face it, its for the money.
If you care, write to your representative and ask them to reject house bill 3433 and save our plates! #MassAutoClubs

H3442	An Act relative to amateur radio operator license plates – Not commenting
H3433	An Act relative to duplicate license plates – Oppose – (document)
H3436	An Act relative to antique motor vehicle inspections – Support – (document)
S2243	An Act relative to year of manufacture registration plates – Support – (document)
H3317	An Act relative to low digit number plates on leased vehicles – Not commenting
H3278	An Act relative to electronic license plates – Not commenting
H3309	An Act establishing an auction or online transfer for low number registration plates in the Registry of Motor Vehicles – Oppose –
H3446	An Act relative to a license plate replacement program – Not commenting
H3412	An Act relative to removing the driving restrictions on a car with antique tags – Not commenting – This bill may not benefit owners as written
H3298	An Act limiting autonomous driving capabilities to zero emission and electric vehicles – Not commenting
H3343	An Act relative to vehicle inspection exemptions for vintage automobiles 45 years or older – Support – (document)
H3339	An Act relative to license plate year of manufacture registration – Support – (document)
H3333	An Act relative to license plate year of manufacture registration – Support – (document)

As always M.A.A.C. encourages the public to express their support or opposition to any proposed law.  Please contact the Transportation Committee Chairperson or any member of the committee (Click here for a list of members) or you can reach your local representative (not sure who that is? Click here to find out.) Please be polite and courteous when corresponding!

You can reach M.A.A.C. via email at mass.assoc.auto.clubs@gmail.com should you need help.

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!

Hosted by Red Devils Car Club passed to Rattlers Bay State

RingReckers, Creeps CC, Push Rods, Rust Rods, Highway Trash, Rod Barrons, Hot Heads, King Pins CC, Bay State Antique Car Club, Road Devils, Mid State Antique Car Club, Ty-Rods Club, North Atlantic Audi Club, Leadfoot Car Club (RI) – Boulevard Bombers (NY) – Rod Barons (ME) – Torquers (Montreal Canada) – Goonz Car Club (Ireland) – Slo Rollers (NC)

 

Beacon Hill Flash You need to show your support

As was reported in May, amendment #1180 (HB-4401 – exempting vehicles over 75 years old from inspection) was attached to the House version of the 2019 budget. The Senate version did not have it attached, so the bill will now go to a committee for negotiating the differences.  That is where you can help.

Outlined below are the key contacts for the committee, and we need to show them that there is support for this amendment (#1180).  We would like for you to communicate with your members, and ask them to write, email or call – one or more of the representatives.  Personalized messages are always best, but any message is better than none.

Some important items to stress:

• This bill will have a POSITIVE revenue impact for the Commonwealth ($50 vs $60 – 2 years of standard registration)
• It will help to preserve automotive history
• Will encourage “restrictive” use of these vehicle (Year of Manufacture or collector plates required)

Note: The benefits to the hobby outweigh these items

House	Senate
– Chairman -Jeffrey Sánchez (D) Jeffrey.Sanchez@mahouse.gov 24 Beacon St. Room 243 Boston, MA, 02133 617-722-2990	-Chairwoman- Karen Spilka (D) Karen.Spilka@masenate.gov 24 Beacon St. Room 212 Boston, MA, 02133 617-722-1640
-Vice Chairman -Stephen Kulik (D) Stephen.Kulik@mahouse.gov 24 Beacon St. Room 238 Boston, MA, 02133 617-722-2380	-Vice Chairwoman- Joan Lovely (D) Joan.Lovely@masenate.gov 24 Beacon St. Room 413-A Boston, MA, 02133 617-722-1410
-Rep. Todd Smola (R) Todd.Smola@mahouse.gov 24 Beacon St. Room 124 Boston, MA, 02133 617-722-2100	-Sen. Viriato deMacedo (R) Vinny.deMacedo@masenate.gov 24 Beacon St. Room 313-C Boston, MA, 02133 617-722-1330

MAAC providing “expertise”

MAAC has been working with Senator Anne Gobi’s and Senator Keiko Orrall’s offices on the paint color and definitions for the Year of Manufacture bill.  Several year of manufacture plates were scanned for color, and those color codes are going to be used to define the colors to be used when restoring a plate. We feel that this will help the process of acceptance by the Registrar.

Thank you to all those MAAC members who provided plates to be scanned as samples.

Bill H.4155 an Act relative to historic routes 1, 6 & 20 – In third reading

H 4155, an Act relative to designating U.S. Routes 1, 6 & 20 as historic Routes in Massachusetts was read second and ordered to a third reading on May 9, 2018.  Should the bill complete it’s third reading, it would proceed to a vote. MAAC feels that this bill, if brought to a vote, would have enough votes to pass.

What has MAAC done for the hobby lately?

The Board at MAAC works hard to track legislation but we also look for ways to help the hobby.  So we are trying something new. MAAC has negotiated a discount at the Interstate Battery story in Waltham.  if you follow the link below, you will find the flyer that has the discounted items, and instructions on how to get a discount on other items.  You just need to mention MAAC’s name!  Please let us know how you feel about the discount and please let us know if you have a suggestion for another business.

Link to the discount

We need you!

We are still looking for a board member, if you are interested or know someone who might be – Please let us know!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Please make sure that your profile (club or individual) information is correct as we are working on the newsletter and we do not want you to miss out.  We use this information for contacting you when there is action needed, so current information is critical.  You will see that only a couple  of the fields are required, so fill in only what you wish. We do want to know roughly how many members you have so we can tell the legislature how many people we represent . You will find a link to your profile at the bottom of the this email.  If you have a problem, please let me know.

William Ellis – President

MAAC cannot stand still. Legislative activity both at the national and state level continues to threaten our hobby. If we, the hobbyists, want to continue to enjoy our vehicles it will only be through a unified effort. We need to make lawmakers aware of our positions on legislation that  will harm or restrict our hobby interests. To make all this happen, MAAC needs your support by encouraging individual, business and club memberships

<!–

–>

Some Important Dates National Collector Car Day – July 13th. Proposed MAAC fall meeting – October 25th – Mass Cruisers Cruise Night

<!–

–>

Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*

MAAC produces two or more newsletters per year.

	Spring	Fall
2017		BEACON HILL WATCH 2017 October Update

 

Several Members of the MAAC Board and other concerned hobbyist testified before a joint transportation committee.  Here are some pictures and copies of the testimonies or positioning papers.

H-4022 US Route 20 Historic Route Bill: Rep Tricia Farley-Bouvier (Pittsfield); Brian Farr – Pres. Historic U.S. Route 20 Assoc. & Nancy Fitzpatrick who walked the entire 3,365 miles through 12 states over 5 years testifying.H4022 – MAAC Statement

S-2149 Street Rod VIN# Bill; Sarah & David Robson testifying.Bill No 2148-12-5-17-2

S-1920 YOM Plate Restoration Bill: William Ellis, Pres. MAAC & Jonathan Rabin, MAAC Board of Directors. Present but not in photo; John Buchanan, MAAC BOD & Martin Gambichler – Beacon Hill Consulting Group (Jack Bartley) Public Hearing (12-06-2017) on S-1920-2017v4