AARA SUPPORT CA SB708

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Calling on California OHV Enthusiasts to Support CA SB 708​ ​ ​ ​ ​

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Senate Bill (SB) 708 by Senator Brian Jones has been set in the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee for June 11, 2024. SB 708 would establish a special permit within the Department of Parks and Recreation so California residents may operate certain off-road motorcycles (OFMC) at sanctioned events. The California State Legislature requires all position letters to be submitted through their California Legislature Position Letter Portal System. ARRA kindly asks you to submit your letter of support by June 3 so it can be uploaded and sent to the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee on time. Below is a sample letter of support for you to personalize. Please submit your letter of support to Karen Schmelzer at kschmelzer@nossaman.com Thank you for your continued support for SB 708. SAMPLE LETTER YOUR LOGO May 29, 2024 Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee Honorable Diane Papan, Chair 1021 O Street, Room 4220 Sacramento, CA 95814 Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee Honorable Devon Mathis, Vice Chair 1021 O Street, Room 5530 Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: SB 708 (Jones) Vehicles: off-highway motor vehicles: off-highway motorcycles: sanctioned event permit. - SUPPORT Dear Chair Papan and Vice Chair Mathis: On behalf of (Organization), we are pleased to support SB 708 (Jones), which would establish a special permit within the Department of Parks and Recreation so California residents may operate certain off-road motorcycles (OFMC) at sanctioned events. Effective with the 2022 model year, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) no longer certifies emission non-compliant OFMC due to the termination of the state’s “Red Sticker” program in 2021. Without a legislative fix, the loss of competition riding by OFMC would deal a significant blow to California’s powersports community and industry, which had a retail marketplace valued at $4.4 billion in 2023.[1] California should prioritize outdoor recreation in all forms, including competition OFMC riding. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ 2022 ORSA Report, outdoor recreation as a whole contributed $73,827,997,000 to California’s economy.[2] In 2022, related legislation (SB 894), which would have established a new registration program for competition vehicles in the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), passed the legislature nearly unanimously. While acknowledging the economic benefits that OHV competitions bring to the state, Governor Newsom ultimately vetoed the bill over fiscal impact concerns within the DMV. We believe the permit program under SB 708, which establishes a special permit within the Department of Parks and Recreation, provides a compromise solution that should alleviate the Governor’s concerns and allow for competition OFMC to continue to operate at sanctioned events. SB 708 passed off the Senate Floor 39 to 0 on consent on May 11, 2023. For these reasons, we strongly support SB 708 (Jones). Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (Contact Information). Sincerely, Name, Title & Organization Cc: Senator Brian W. Jones, Author Members, Principal Consultant, Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife Committee Brent Finkel, Consultant, Assembly Republican Caucus ​ ​ ​ ​

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Calling on California OHV Enthusiasts to Support CA SB 708​

Senate Bill (SB) 708 by Senator Brian Jones has been set in the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee for June 11, 2024. SB 708 would establish a special permit within the Department of Parks and Recreation so California residents may operate certain off-road motorcycles (OFMC) at sanctioned events.

The California State Legislature requires all position letters to be submitted through their California Legislature Position Letter Portal System. ARRA kindly asks you to submit your letter of support by June 3 so it can be uploaded and sent to the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee on time.

Below is a sample letter of support for you to personalize. Please submit your letter of support to Karen Schmelzer at kschmelzer@nossaman.com
Thank you for your continued support for SB 708.

SAMPLE LETTER

YOUR LOGO

May 29, 2024

Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee
Honorable Diane Papan, Chair
1021 O Street, Room 4220
Sacramento, CA 95814
Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee
Honorable Devon Mathis, Vice Chair
1021 O Street, Room 5530
Sacramento, CA 95814

Re: SB 708 (Jones) Vehicles: off-highway motor vehicles: off-highway motorcycles: sanctioned event permit. - SUPPORT

Dear Chair Papan and Vice Chair Mathis:

On behalf of (Organization), we are pleased to support SB 708 (Jones), which would establish a special permit within the Department of Parks and Recreation so California residents may operate certain off-road motorcycles (OFMC) at sanctioned events.

Effective with the 2022 model year, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) no longer certifies emission non-compliant OFMC due to the termination of the state’s “Red Sticker” program in 2021. Without a legislative fix, the loss of competition riding by OFMC would deal a significant blow to California’s powersports community and industry, which had a retail marketplace valued at $4.4 billion in 2023.[1]

California should prioritize outdoor recreation in all forms, including competition OFMC riding. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ 2022 ORSA Report, outdoor recreation as a whole contributed $73,827,997,000 to California’s economy.[2]

In 2022, related legislation (SB 894), which would have established a new registration program for competition vehicles in the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), passed the legislature nearly unanimously.

While acknowledging the economic benefits that OHV competitions bring to the state, Governor Newsom ultimately vetoed the bill over fiscal impact concerns within the DMV.

We believe the permit program under SB 708, which establishes a special permit within the Department of Parks and Recreation, provides a compromise solution that should alleviate the Governor’s concerns and allow for competition OFMC to continue to operate at sanctioned events. SB 708 passed off the Senate Floor 39 to 0 on consent on May 11, 2023.

For these reasons, we strongly support SB 708 (Jones). Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (Contact Information).

Sincerely,
Name, Title & Organization

Cc: Senator Brian W. Jones, Author
Members, Principal Consultant, Assembly Water Parks and
Wildlife Committee
Brent Finkel, Consultant, Assembly Republican Caucus
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letter of support, submitted. that was easy ...

 

[budman]

Thanks John,

Letter sent on behalf of BARF.

Gov Good Hair screwed the pooch by not signing the bill mentioned

 

[ThumperX]

Why did it not post what I posted? Thanks for fixing John.

 

[SFMCjohn]

yes, some weird Xen thing ... I was able to quote your post and see all the extra "table" tags it had added, and then it posts the "No code has to be inserted here" ...

our Couch Racers Corner subforum is having the same issues with trying to post "tables" and I had it last night where it was adding extra "indent" tags ... seemed like it was doing it after spaces in what I was copy/pasting?

anyway, I just cleaned up all the extra stuff in your OP, and reposted it ...

submitted your form letter ... hopefully we'll get somewhere with SB 708.

 

[ThumperX]

Bump, I see Butch posted something today.