1. (a)

   1. (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
   2. (2) “Air-conditioning equipment” means mechanical vapor compression refrigeration equipment used to cool the driver's or passenger compartment of any motor vehicle.
   3. (3) “Ozone-depleting refrigerant” means a refrigerant used in air-conditioning equipment that contains a substance identified in 42 U.S.C. § 7671a(a) or (b).
2. (b) Air-conditioning equipment shall be manufactured, installed, and maintained with due regard for the safety of the occupants of the vehicle and the public.

3. (c) In a motor vehicle of model year 2011, or any model year thereafter, the air-conditioning equipment may contain only a refrigerant that:

   1. (1) Is not an ozone-depleting refrigerant; or
   2. (2) Is included in the list published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a safe alternative to chlorofluorocarbon-12, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 7671k(c).
4. (d) The Administrator, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, may adopt and enforce safety requirements, regulations, and specifications for air-conditioning equipment consistent with the requirements of this section.
5. (e) A person may not have for sale, offer for sale, sell, or equip any motor vehicle, of model year 2011 or thereafter, with any air-conditioning equipment unless the air-conditioning equipment complies with the requirements of this section.

Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1986, c. 472, § 1; Acts 2009, c. 356, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2009.

Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 12-410.