415-C - Sale of salvaged inflatable restraint systems; restrictions.

§ 415-c. Sale  of salvaged inflatable restraint systems; restrictions.  1.  On and after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, prior  to  offering any salvaged inflatable restraint system for sale such salvaged  inflatable  restraint system part indentification number and the vehicle  identification number of the vehicle from which the salvaged  inflatable  restraint  system was taken shall be referred to a nationally recognized  theft index bureau approved by the commissioner,  in  consultation  with  the  superintendent  of insurance, for the purposes of determining prior  to sale that neither the salvaged inflatable restraint  system  nor  the  motor  vehicle  were  stolen,  as determined at the time of inquiry. The  sales invoice shall state the date and the result of the inquiry to such  theft index bureau.    2. On and after March first, nineteen hundred  ninety-nine,  prior  to  offering any salvaged inflatable restraint system for sale such salvaged  inflatable  restraint  system  shall be certified according to standards  established by a nationally recognized testing, engineering and research  body  approved  by   the   commissioner   in   consultation   with   the  superintendent of insurance.