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News Bulletin PR-44
May 27, 2009
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Nevada Salvaged Vehicles Act Passes Senate, Assembly
ASA Urges Governor to Veto Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 27, 2009 - The Automotive Service Association (ASA) has urged Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons, in a letter, to veto Nevada Senate Bill 360, the Salvaged Vehicles Act, because it is anti-consumer and not in the best interests of the collision repair industry. The Salvaged Vehicles Act revises provisions governing the sale and title of salvage vehicles.
Specifically, this bill authorizes persons other than licensed automotive professionals to purchase vehicles from salvage pools.
The Automotive Service Association opposes the legislation. The bill raises significant issues:
• It will allow potentially unsafe vehicles on Nevada's highways.
• It will allow untrained, ill-equipped and unregulated individuals to purchase these vehicles and attempt to repair or dismantle the vehicles.
• Unregulated purchasers of these vehicles will threaten the environment with the handling of hazardous materials.
• It will encourage automotive theft via vehicle identification number (VIN) switching.
S.B. 360 has been passed by the Nevada Senate and Assembly, and will become law if Gibbons signs the bill. ASA encourages collision repairers in Nevada to contact Gibbons' office and ask that the governor veto S.B. 360.
To see the text of Nevada S.B. 360, visit ASA's legislative Web site at www.TakingTheHill.com.
The Automotive Service Association is the largest not-for-profit trade association of its kind dedicated to and governed by independent automotive service and repair professionals. ASA serves an international membership base that includes numerous affiliate, state and chapter groups from both the mechanical and collision repair segments of the automotive service industry. ASA's headquarters is in Bedford, Texas.
ASA advances professionalism and excellence in the automotive repair industry through education, representation and member services. For additional information about ASA, including past news releases, go to www.ASAshop.org, or visit ASA's legislative Web site at www.TakingTheHill.com.
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