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WMABA Opposes West Virginia Parts Bill

March 16, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Association concerned neighboring states’ efforts to enact non-OE part restrictions will be affected by passage of legislation.

The Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association (WMABA), the association representing collision repairers in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., is strongly urging legislators in neighboring West Virginia to vote against Senate Bill 544 (SB 544) that would eliminate OE requirement on newer vehicles and change notification language.

WMABA logoAccording to a press release by WMABA, “After years of efforts to push forward similar protections in both Maryland and Virginia, the WMABA has utilized the neighboring state of West Virginia as an upstanding example of how

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