Sec. 14-106. Air conditioning equipment.
Sec. 14-106. Air conditioning equipment. (a) The term "air conditioning equipment" or "equipment", as used or referred to in this section, means mechanical vapor
compression refrigeration equipment which is used to cool the driver's or passenger
compartment of any motor vehicle.
(b) Such 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, unless such refrigerant is
included in the list published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as
a safe alternative motor vehicle air conditioning substitute for chlorofluorocarbon-12
pursuant to 42 USC 7671k(c).
(c) The commissioner may adopt and enforce safety requirements, 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, equip or maintain any motor
vehicle with any such equipment unless he is licensed under section 14-52 and such
equipment 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 such equipment complies with the requirements of
this section.
(f) Violation of any provision of subsections (d) and (e) of this section shall be an
infraction.
(1955, S. 1341d; P.A. 75-577, S. 61, 126; P.A. 08-150, S. 31.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (f); P.A. 08-150 amended Subsec. (b) to add exception for refrigerant included as
a safe alternative motor vehicle air conditioning substitute in list published by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency.
See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.