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Houston Auto Body Association, SCRS Association of the Year, Gathers at State Capitol in Austin to Support Senate Bill 1300 pair industry in Texas contact their Senators in support of SB 1300, which was up for committee hearing on April 12. The Texas Senate Business and Commerce committee voted unanimously to pass SB 1300 on that date, which will require more discloJim Quinten, Automotive Parts & Services Association; George Perdue, Bear Creek Collision Specialist; Larry Cernosek, Deer Park Paint & Body; sure from insurers Mike Riner, Riner's Paint and Body Shop; Trey Perdue, Bear Creek; David about their Direct reWalla, Walla Company; James Brown, Hanley Bros. Certified Collision pair Program policies and HABA President, Don Ward, A-1 Auto & Collision; and Chris Single- and requirements. ton, Goodson Collision Center. HABA is the SCRS Association of the Year. James Brown, The Houston Auto Body Association HABA’s President, and many others asked that members of the collision rewith the HABAmet inAustinApril 12 at
SCRS Industry Achievement Awards: Winners Include Texas' Houston Auto Body Association On March 16, 2011 the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) held its Annual Awards Banquet at the Crowne Plaza Meadowlands in Secaucus, New Jersey. As always, the highlight of the event was the presentation of the SCRS Industry Awards, through which the Society recognizes those that demonstrate outstanding service and achievement within the collision repair industry. “Two Hawaiian words characterize these awards and their recipients,”
explained Dale Matsumoto, chairman of the SCRS Awards Committee. “The first, ‘aloha,’ is familiar to us as a greeting and farewell; but it also can be used to mean the giving of one’s self-a lifestyle encompassing a life of giving, sharing, caring and love.” “The second, ‘kina’ole,” means flawless-as in doing the right thing for the right reason with the right feeling. Most individuals can, and will, do the rights things; but it is the deep feelings See SCRS Achievement Awards, Page 28
7am to show support for this bill. The Texas Department of Insurance is in full support of this bill as well, according to Brown. The Committee Substitute version of the bill was passed out of committee, it now heads to the Local & Consent calendar and then it will go to the House Insurance Committee. “I would also like to extend a special thanks to all those who made phone calls and those who came to Austin in show of support for this Bill. I especially want to thank Larry Cernosek personally for the all the time he spends in Austin on behalf of the HABA and the Collision Industry as a whole,” said Brown. To view the full text of this bill search ‘SB 1300’ at www.autobodynews.com.
VOL. 29 ISSUE 5 MAY 2011
TX Insurance Advisory Bill Approved in Committee
The Texas Senate voted to approve Senate Bill 944 on March 24. The bill was introduced by Texas Senator Mike Jackson before being transferred to the Committee on Business and Commerce. The bill now moves to the House for approval. The bill would create an advisory committee for the Texas Insurance Commissioner that would make recommendations regarding automobile insurance claims. The full text of the engrossed (the official copy of a bill passed by the Senate and certified by the Secretary of the Senate bill) follows: “2011 TX S 944 AUTHOR: Jackson M VERSION: Engrossed See 944 Committee, Page 11
PAINT FOCUS ARTICLES in this issue...
Painting With Waterborne at John Force Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 26 Getting OSHA-Compliant on Plans, Protection, Painting . . . . . . .p. 34 Revisiting Paint by Numbers: Refinish Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 38 New Jersey Shop Embraces PPG’s Envirobase® . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 41
REGIONAL ARTICLES in this issue...
HABA Goes to Capitol for SB 1300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 1
HABA Wins SCRS Association of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 1
NWLCRA Hosts Supply Company at April Meeting . . . . . . . . . . .p. 4
TIAA Fishing Tourney Coming in May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 8
Bob English of English Color Passes Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 10
Gunder Loses Appeal in State Farm Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 16
COLUMNS in this issue...
Yoswick — Effort to Develop Collision Repair Standards Takes
Another Step Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 14
Franklin — Summertime Means Event Time For Body Shops . . .p. 18 Chaney — Three of Largest Auto Recycling Networks Merge . . .p. 20
Gonzo — On the Other Side of the Bookstore Counter . . . . . . . .p. 23
Danalevich — Is Your Parts Supplier Purchasing Policy a
Benefit or an Expense? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 25
Insurance Insider — Insurers Will Continue to Serve “Flavor
of the Day” to Shops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 32
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