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In article <1993Apr9.144959.14221@dvorak.amd.com>, feemster@mozart.amd.com (Ryan Feemster) writes:
> Hi, I'm posting this for a friend who's moving to LA this spring. She
> has a few questions she wants to ask.  Please reply to the alt.california
> or email her directly at livia@utig.ig.utexas.edu.
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> 
> Hello,
> 
> I know this topic came up before rather recently, but i'd like more
> specifics ....
> 
> Here's the deal:
> 
> I live in Austin. I am buying a new truck and moving to LA. I have the
> following questions -
> 
> 1) precisely how long can i get away with not switching over to California
> registration? like, could i pretend i was still a Texas resident until 
> my Texas plates expired next year, and not get into trouble 
> (pretending i'm a student, or just a visitor in the meanwhile?)
> 
> 2) can they really charge me the difference in sales tax on the new car?
> i heard this is what they'd do, but how exactly is this enforced?
> 
> 3) precisely how much money is this "emissions fee" i've heard about?
> i don't think i'll be charged it if the sticker under the hood says
> "meets California EPA emission standards" right? the car i'm currently
> driving has this -hey maybe i can lift the sticker off the old car and
> put it on the new one if it doesn't have it. 
> 
> Another question is this - 
> 
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Jeez!  Why don't you stay in Texas???  You sound like you are more interested
in cheating the system and avoiding our laws then obeying them like most other
people do.

First of all, you have 20 days to register your car.  The DMV, CHP, and
probably your neighbors will actively try and catch cheaters.  We who live here
all have to pay the registration fees, why shouldn't you?  Those fees pay for
roads and other things that we all use.  The DMV has a hotline for reporting
people who live here and are trying to avoid paying their California
registration.

Fees and taxes are collected by the DMV when you register your car.

Lastly, why do you think you should be entitled to bring a vehicle here that
does not meet our smog laws, add to our pollution, and not pay for it or get
the vehicle into compliance???   Please don't swap a sticker - our jails and
court system is already too crowded with rioters and others who though they
could get something for nothing.

Obey the laws, pay your fair share, or don't come.

-Bob Longo
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Bob Longo (longo@sfpp.com)             | "I am not gonna raise taxes on the
Santa Fe Pacific Pipelines             | middle class to pay for these
Los Angeles, CA                        | programs." - Bill Clinton