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Hello, I'm Tim DeMartini and I am the owner of DeMartini RV Sales
o	In business for 50 years
o	Sell the highest volume of Class A Diesel Motorhomes in
California
o	Last year we had $75 million in sales and about 2/3 of sales were
to CA residents 
•	Reason I'm here to speak
o	Our business relies on selling new luxury Diesel Motorhomes
o	The Newmar Dutch Star is the number one selling Class A Diesel
Motorhome - Last year there were 34 sold to CA and we sold over 30
of them.
o	California adopted the CARB Omnibus program that began this year.
 We've been operating under this program which charges a $10K
penalty on diesel engines sold to CA. This program has caused a
major reduction in supply of diesel engines to the state of CA and
has severely impacted us.  Our diesel sales have been reduced by 50
percent compared to last year without the Omnibus program.
o	The addition of the ACT program is threatening to eliminate all
of our diesel motorhome sales.  There is no alternative electric
motorhome being efficiently built which limits the supply of diesel
engines/chassis for motorhomes to almost zero.
o	My manufacturers cannot get CA approved engines/chassis to build
the motorhomes on
o	Example: Customer just lost his wife and placed an order for a
new $650K Newmar diesel motorhome. I placed the order and was told
by the factory that they CANNOT get a chassis that can be sold to a
CA buyer due to the ACT and CARB restrictions.

•	Proposal to make RV's EXEMPT
o	I believe that these restrictions should not apply to the diesel
motorhome market and that they should be exempt
o	REASONS INCLUDE:
o	Motorhomes are not a major source of pollution to the state of CA
:
	Most of them are purchased for the majority of their use
to travel outside of the state of CA
	Low annual mileage - average 3,000 to 5,000 miles per year
and only a portion of that is in the state of CA
	Luxury Diesel Pushers have the highest proportion of full
time living owners - this is a home for many CA residents
	High amount of seasonal usage means the majority of the
year they are sitting in storage
o	This severely restricts the rights of CA residents who wish to
purchase a diesel motorhome.  Many of them having owning one as a
lifetime retirement dream.