§ 22-410. Air conditioning equipment

   (a) Definitions. --

   (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

   (2) "Air-conditioning equipment" means mechanical vapor compression refrigeration equipment used to cool the driver's or passenger compartment of any motor vehicle.

   (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).

(b) Manufacture, installation, and maintenance. -- Air-conditioning equipment shall be manufactured, installed, and maintained with due regard for the safety of the occupants of the vehicle and the public.

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

   (1) Is not an ozone-depleting refrigerant; or

   (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).

(d) Adoption and enforcement of safety requirements, regulations, and specifications. -- 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.

(e) Compliance required for sale, etc. -- 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.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 661/2, § 12-410; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 1986, ch. 472, § 1; 2009, ch. 356.