                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AIR CONDITIONING UNITS (§ 46.2-1088)

No motor vehicle operated on any highway shall be equipped with any air
conditioning unit unless such device is of a type approved as to safety by the
Superintendent. The Superintendent is authorized to promulgate regulations
setting specifications relating to the design, construction, installation,
maintenance, and use of such air conditioning units. No refrigerant used in such
unit shall be explosive, flammable, or toxic, unless the refrigerant is included
in the list published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a
safe alternative motor vehicle air conditioning substitute for
chloroflourocarbon-12, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 7671 k (c).

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-310.1; 1954, c. 217; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-307; 1989,
c. 727; 2008, c. 443.