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Re: California "Smog Impact Fee" -- Where To Get A Refund Form

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From: Peter L
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 00:00
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Bruce James Robert Linley wrote:
> 
> In ye olden post kleim@eudoramail.com spake...
> >The California "Smog Impact Fee" ripoff has been declared
> >unconstitutional, and this ruling was upheld on appeal last week.
> >
> >If you've brought a vehicle into California since 1992 that wasn't
> >registered here previously, then you were ripped an extra $300 with
> >your normal registration fees.
> >
> >crap.  The forms are official DMV PDF forms, complete with the proper
> >text already inserted citing the unconstitutionality of the "Smog
> >Impact Fee."
> 
> Uh huh. Um, why should people have to "ask" for their refund? Doesn't
> DMV keep records on whom they charged the smog impact fee to? They
> should be able to use these records to refund the fee to those who paid
> it. Seems logical to me.

DMV, logical...???

> 
> I'm still trying to recover back taxes paid to the state of CA on my
> CA pension after moving to Nevada. The tax on CA pensions assessed on
> non-CA residents was also ruled unconstitutional.
> 
> Also, if I violate someone's constitutional rights, I face jail time.
> CA has violated the constitution time and time again. What punishment
> will they face?
> 

Who's "they"?

> Why does CA keep doing unconstitutional things?

How would "they" know it's "unconstitutional" until the court rules?

> 
> --
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From: Peter L <Nospam.peterl@csus.edu>
Subject: Re: California "Smog Impact Fee" -- Where To Get A Refund Form
Date: 1999/10/05
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