CHAPTER 217

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
46-809.1, to regulate the use of mechanical vapor compression refrig-
eration cooling units in motor vehicles. tH 429]

Approved March 11, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
46-309.1 as follows:

§ 46-309.1. No motor vehicle shall be operated on any highway
equipped with any mechanical vapor compression refrigeration cooling
unit, used for the cooling of passengers or drivers, unless such device is
of a type approved as to safety by the Superintendent and the Superin-
tendent is hereby authorized to adopt and enforce rules and regulations
and uniform specifications relating to the design, construction, installa-
tion, maintenance and use of such mechanical vapor compression refrig-
eration cooling units. No refrigerant used in such unit shall be explosive,
flammable or toxic.