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

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From: Matt Ackeret
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 00:00

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In article <7tl2jt$q95$1@news.psyber.com>,
Barry <barry@jasmine.psyber.com> wrote:
>: unconstitutional about the fee? It seems to me that the idea behind the
>: fee is to discourage Californians from buying cars in states with
>: less stringent pollution requirements and transporting them to California.
>
>If one brought in a car from out of state that produced the same emissions
>as a "California car", they would also be penalized.  I saw 
>something wrong with this issue.  Additionally, simply "taxing" a person
>for a noncompliant car had zero effect on the emissions.  It was

It does have an effect on emissions -- if someone knows about the fee, 
they will take that fee into consideration when buying a car, and may instead
buy a car that already has the CA smog equipment.


>just a method to extort money from people IMHO.


-- 
mattack@area.com

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From: mattack@area.com (Matt Ackeret)
Subject: Re: California "Smog Impact Fee" -- Where To Get A Refund Form
Date: 1999/10/09
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