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2008 SESSION


CHAPTER 443
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-1088 of the Code of Virginia, relating to motor vehicle air conditioning units; use of explosive, flammable, or toxic refrigerants.
[H 1015]
Approved March 7, 2008
 

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 chloroflourocarbon-12, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 7671 k (c).