2009 Senate Bill 590 (Preempt local ban on car collecting and restoration )

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Introduced by Sen. Ron Jelinek (R) on May 20, 2009, to preempt local governments from adopting or enforcing an ordinance banning automotive collecting and restoration activities that are done as a hobby. An ordinance could require that “junk” cars used for parts must be screened from public view.
- Referred to the Senate Local, Urban, & State Affairs Committee on May 20, 2009.

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1) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 590 (Preempt local ban on car collecting and restoration ) [by FreeSpeaker on July 2, 2009]

Car collecting and restoration as a hobby should be permitted by local authorities in most (even all) zones, provided it does not create a nuisance situation. This bill provides for that kind of regulation.

Problems also arise when hoibbies morph into businesses. Car collecting and restoration certainly is one of those hobbies with great potential for that, and so should be prone to regulation that addresses the question of commercialization.

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2) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 590 (Preempt local ban on car collecting and restoration ) [by kc8oye on July 1, 2009]

Who's buisiness is it if the restoration is progressing? Who is to determine 'how fast' a restoration should go? I've known restorations to take as long as 20 years in some cases. My own personal restoration has been going on for 6 years, and I'm still not close to being done. Who has any right to tell me if I'm not working fast enough on it? and if It's properly shieled from your view, why should you even care in the first place? The whole point of 'parts cars' is that they are not disposed of until there is nothing of value left on them. A the restoration shop I Work at, we often reduce a car to just a few rusty pieces of sheet metal you could hardly identify as a car by the time we send it off to the scrap metal places.

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3) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 590 (Preempt local ban on car collecting and restoration ) [by kc8oye on July 1, 2009]

FANTASTIC! It's ABOUT TIME that us hobbiests got some protection from these people who like to pass laws just to make life more difficult for other people! What people do with their own property should be their business only, it's not for the state or anyone else to tell them what the can and can't keep there. With the provisions that it's shielded from view it's a win-win for everybody.

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