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1996 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-1042 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-1042. Sale, etc., of regrooved or recut tires prohibited.
No person shall sell or offer for sale, or have in his possession with intent
to sell any motor vehicle tire unless that tire (i) meets or exceeds
standards established by the Superintendent of State Police
Society of Automotive Engineers, the American National Standards Institute,
Inc., or the federal Department of Transportation and (ii) is marked in
accordance with those standards.
No person shall knowingly operate on any highway in the Commonwealth a Virginia
registered motor vehicle equipped with any regrooved or recut tire unless that
tire (i) meets or exceeds standards established by the
Superintendent of State Police Society of Automotive Engineers, the
American National Standards Institute, Inc., or the federal Department of
Transportation and (ii) is marked in accordance with those standards.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.