USED CAR NEWS
Used Car News 10/ 16/2023
NIADA Lobbies Congress on the Hill By Jeffrey Bellant The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association brought a big agenda and more than 100 dealers to Capitol Hill to lobby lawmakers on behalf of the used car industry. This was NIADA President Gordon Tormohlen’s 10th National Policy Conference and he said it was one of the best. “I didn’t have one piece of negative feedback (from those who participated),” he said. It was better than last year, when then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was not allowing citizens in the House. So, lawmakers had to meet NIADA members offsite at local restaurants or at the hotel. “This year went back to the original format, much more like (former NIADA legislative counsel) Shaun Petersen had set it up way back when we began,” Tormohlen said. The first day kicks off with a board meeting with NIADA’s legislative and regulatory committee receiving a report, he said. Then there is a meeting with NIADA’s PAC committee – things related to Washington D.C. The second day involves what Tormohlen calls “alphabet soup” – meetings with
the regulatory agencies. “This year we met with the representative from the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) and the CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection
moving in the right direction.” The AAMVA was an “interesting conversation,” he said. It offered a platform and beginning of a relationship to discuss issues like e-
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Bureau), primarily,” Tormohlen said. “Then in the afternoon we had a speaker from American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA), an association of state DMVs trying to keep title and registration smooth, efficient and
titling or getting either a national title or, eventually getting a national title, Tormohlen said. “It would clear up a lot of odometer and fraud issues, hopefully pave the way to catch people who are jumping title or curbstoning,”
he said. NIADA CEO Jeff Martin attended AAMVA’s recent convention in Wisconsin and spoke on a panel to help in building that relationship between independent dealers and the motor vehicle administrators, Tormohlen said. The challenge is a big one as each state title system can be different from another. Some states have been doing e-titling for years while others are more archaic and don’t have the computer system to do etitling. “The systems are not uniform and make it difficult for a dealer to wrangle, particularly when you’re selling on the internet and across state lines,” Tormohlen said. The other agency meetings dealt with their own separate issues. “I would characterize the CFPB as not being overly aggressive and really working to communicate better,” Tormohlen said. “Right now, Continued on page 10
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