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By Russ Sanford Our state legislators returned from their Easter Recess armed to the teeth with new Bllls. The final week for introduction of Bills heard 1050 in the Assembly and 710 in the Senate. Many of these new Bills are directed to ' motor is not mandatory, nor will it prevent theft. But, it does provide a means of proving that you are the lawful owner of a motorcycle. This can be Important 11 you are ' ques tioned' or 11 your stolen machine Is recovered. The DMVis quick to point out that you can always register year, it figured that someone would come up with noise pollution. Everyone has jumped on this bandwagon. The result: we are now faced with five separate bills establishing acceptable noise levels tor motorcycles . ' Comment: It's the tellow with the rat- under their jurisdiction. No person shall operate any vehicle on state lands under ~ the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation or the Department ~ ot Fis h and Game unless the department e, which has jurisdiction over the lands upon which the vehicle Is operated has ~ m:~r~.:lromtbi ~Ciili~O~f~ unless sp ec1f1cally exempted. Some speclty motorcycles. I have already obtained exclusion statements on several and others are In our tavor. The tollowIng are Bills whereby we stand to lose a great deal. this will subject you to equlppl ng,licensIng; and Insuring (?) your bike as though it were to be used on the street, they will admit that you do have a problem! Recourse: Th1s Bill will be heard in Committee on AprU 27th. Th1s means that you mus t act nowl Write your AsFEE INCREASE semblyman and your Senator expla1n1ng Senate BUI 527 (Carrell, Los Angeles) how you are attected. Explain that inwas introduced at the request of the creasing the t ee will discourage lawful DMV to update various sections of the owners trom obta1n1ng Cert1tlcates ot Vehicle Code. Burled in the tine print is OwnersbJp, thereby promoting widean amendment to increase the tee tor • spread increases in motorcycle thett. Cert1tlcate s of Ownersblp trom $5 to $1>5 . Also, tell them that 11 anything, Senator The legls liltive r epresentative of the Carrell's Bill should be amended to DMV advises that there has been no inprovide' a means ot solving our dUemma cr ease in administrative expense but that by providing a separate type ot registhe DMV wants to discourage avoidance tration spec1f1cally tor ott- the- r oad moot registration. A Cert1tlcate of Ownertorcycles, and that such registration sbJp, although often referred to as a should not require licensing, street 'tiUe only registration', Is not a regisequipment, insurance, etc. Be sure to tration at all. send a copy of your letters to Senator Comment: The DMV is being uncoCarrell. operative. The owners of motorcycles NOI SE which are used only in an ott-the-road capacity need some means of legally The general pubUc's biggest objection recording ownership to help oftset the to motorcycling Is noise. Nothing hurts problem ot theft. Recording ownersbJp our Image more. With the big push this ANOTHER FINE PRODUCT M otorcycle Trailers Di stribut ed by New & Used Buy - Sell - Trade 1'- 2 - 3 bike tralter s upon such lands." Comment: Just as soon as they give us some recreational areas in which to ride, they can tell us howto ride in those areas! SB 1353 prohibits our use of any such state land until we are authorized to use it, which mightverY well be never. Recourse: It's always the same! Write to your elected representatives. W HAT NOW? It you have registered with MORE, KEEP OFF THE GRASS - Part II Or, as the man said, "Now tor thebad news" •••1 Senate Bill 1353 (BeUenson, Los Angeles) reads: "The Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Fish and Game may establish areas tor the use of snowmobUes , motorcycles, or other vehicles within the state lands relax. Your lobbyist is on the job and will be speaking in your behalt. The rest of you should not hesitate. Write those letters! It you don't know who your elected representatives are, call your local newspaper and they will tell you. Or write to me and I wfll mall you a tree brochure which lists their names by district and county and gives tips on how to write your letters. Write to: Russ Sanford, c/o MORE, P.O . Box 26062, Sacramento, Ca. 95826. 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