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Sorry, didn't mean to offend. Perhaps I need to rephrase that.
I fully agree that your DMV is a state regulatory agency. That means they have to administer state law. But even though your DMV is likely part of your state's DOT and there is also a federal U.S. DOT, your state's DMV doesn't have the authority to administer federal laws (at least to my layman's knowledge). (An exception might be Motor Carrier laws?)
In Wisconsin, one of the state statutes that caused former military vehicle owners a lot of grief was 341.10(6), which basically says that DMV must refuse registration for a vehicle without a federal certification label. State law doesn't require the cert. label on new cars, federal law (Title49USC) does, so WisDOT/DMV won't prosecute someone who builds a car without a cert. label - the feds (U.S. DOT/NHTSA) do. But under that state law, WisDOT/DMV does refuse registration for lacking the fed. cert. label.
What federal code are you thinking should be amended? (Sorry if I missed this earlier in the thread. I looked, but...?)
I'd also be curious what your proposed change/s would be, but you might want to communicate this via pm.
I've never had a hand in changing federal law, so I've got no idea how difficult it is, but I suspect it might be easier to change your state's law than to change federal code.
I'm not trying to knock your idea, just thinkin' out loud.
I fully agree that your DMV is a state regulatory agency. That means they have to administer state law. But even though your DMV is likely part of your state's DOT and there is also a federal U.S. DOT, your state's DMV doesn't have the authority to administer federal laws (at least to my layman's knowledge). (An exception might be Motor Carrier laws?)
In Wisconsin, one of the state statutes that caused former military vehicle owners a lot of grief was 341.10(6), which basically says that DMV must refuse registration for a vehicle without a federal certification label. State law doesn't require the cert. label on new cars, federal law (Title49USC) does, so WisDOT/DMV won't prosecute someone who builds a car without a cert. label - the feds (U.S. DOT/NHTSA) do. But under that state law, WisDOT/DMV does refuse registration for lacking the fed. cert. label.
What federal code are you thinking should be amended? (Sorry if I missed this earlier in the thread. I looked, but...?)
I'd also be curious what your proposed change/s would be, but you might want to communicate this via pm.
I've never had a hand in changing federal law, so I've got no idea how difficult it is, but I suspect it might be easier to change your state's law than to change federal code.
I'm not trying to knock your idea, just thinkin' out loud.