Saturday, November 22, 2008
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Tracking Virginia’s General Assembly
since 2007.
HB1015: Motor vehicle air conditioners; allows explosive, flammable, or toxic refrigerants.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-1088 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-1088. Air conditioning units.
No motor vehicle operated on any highway shall be equipped with any air conditioning unit unless such device is of a type approved as to safety by the Superintendent. The Superintendent is authorized to promulgate regulations setting specifications relating to the design, construction, installation, maintenance, and use of such air conditioning units. No refrigerant used in such unit shall be explosive, flammable, or toxic, unless the refrigerant is included in the list published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a safe alternative motor vehicle air conditioning substitute for cloroflourocarbon-12, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 7671k(c).
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