§286-84  Revocation of approval.  Whenthe director of transportation has reason to believe that a device approvedunder section 286-83 as being sold commercially does not comply with therequirements of section 286-83, the director may, after giving thirty days'previous notice to the person who has received the approval for the device inthis State, conduct a hearing upon the question of compliance of the approveddevice.  After the hearing the director shall determine whether the approveddevice meets the requirements of section 286-83.  If the device does not meetthe requirements of section 286-83, the director shall give notice to theperson who has received the approval for the device in this State.

If at the expiration of ninety days after suchnotice, the person who has received the approval for the device has failed tosatisfy the director that the device as thereafter to be sold meets therequirements of section 286-83, the director shall suspend or revoke theapproval issued therefor until or unless the device is resubmitted to andretested by an authorized testing agency and is found to meet the requirementsof section 286-83, and may require that all such devices sold since thenotification following the hearing be replaced with devices that do comply withthe requirements of section 286-83.  The director may at the time of retestpurchase in the open market and submit to the testing agency one or more setsof such approval devices, and if such device upon retest fails to meet therequirements of section 286-83, the director may refuse to renew the approvalof the device. [L 1971, c 110, pt of §3; am L Sp 1977 1st, c 20, §12; gen ch1985]