Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1747.Air-conditioning equipment.
(a) The term "air-conditioning equipment" as used or referred to in this
section shall mean mechanical vapor compression refrigeration equipment
which is used to cool the driver's or passenger compartment of any motor
vehicle.
(b) Air-conditioning equipment shall be manufactured, installed and
maintained with due regard for the safety of the occupants of the vehicle
and the public, and shall not contain any refrigerant which is toxic to
persons or which is flammable.
(c) The secretary of transportation may adopt and enforce safety
requirements, rules or regulations and specifications consistent with the
requirements of this section applicable to such equipment, which shall
correlate with and, so far as possible, conform to the current recommended
practice or standard applicable to such equipment approved by the society
of automotive engineers.
(d) No person shall have for sale, offer for sale, sell or equip any
motor vehicle with any such equipment unless it complies with the
requirements of this section.
(e) No person shall operate on any highway any motor vehicle equipped
with any air-conditioning equipment unless said equipment complies with the
requirements of this section.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1747; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 49; Aug. 15.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1747.Air-conditioning equipment.
(a) The term "air-conditioning equipment" as used or referred to in this
section shall mean mechanical vapor compression refrigeration equipment
which is used to cool the driver's or passenger compartment of any motor
vehicle.
(b) Air-conditioning equipment shall be manufactured, installed and
maintained with due regard for the safety of the occupants of the vehicle
and the public, and shall not contain any refrigerant which is toxic to
persons or which is flammable.
(c) The secretary of transportation may adopt and enforce safety
requirements, rules or regulations and specifications consistent with the
requirements of this section applicable to such equipment, which shall
correlate with and, so far as possible, conform to the current recommended
practice or standard applicable to such equipment approved by the society
of automotive engineers.
(d) No person shall have for sale, offer for sale, sell or equip any
motor vehicle with any such equipment unless it complies with the
requirements of this section.
(e) No person shall operate on any highway any motor vehicle equipped
with any air-conditioning equipment unless said equipment complies with the
requirements of this section.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1747; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 49; Aug. 15.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1747.Air-conditioning equipment.
(a) The term "air-conditioning equipment" as used or referred to in this
section shall mean mechanical vapor compression refrigeration equipment
which is used to cool the driver's or passenger compartment of any motor
vehicle.
(b) Air-conditioning equipment shall be manufactured, installed and
maintained with due regard for the safety of the occupants of the vehicle
and the public, and shall not contain any refrigerant which is toxic to
persons or which is flammable.
(c) The secretary of transportation may adopt and enforce safety
requirements, rules or regulations and specifications consistent with the
requirements of this section applicable to such equipment, which shall
correlate with and, so far as possible, conform to the current recommended
practice or standard applicable to such equipment approved by the society
of automotive engineers.
(d) No person shall have for sale, offer for sale, sell or equip any
motor vehicle with any such equipment unless it complies with the
requirements of this section.
(e) No person shall operate on any highway any motor vehicle equipped
with any air-conditioning equipment unless said equipment complies with the
requirements of this section.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1747; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 49; Aug. 15.