CHAPTER 323

AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
46-283.1 imposing requirements as to brake fluid, empowering the
Superintendent of State Police to adopt regulations relative thereto,
to prohibit use of certain kinds of brake fluid, and to provide penalties
for violations.

(S 173]

Approved March 13, 1958
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
46-283.1 as follows:

_ § 46-283.1. (a) The term “hydraulic brake fluid” as used in this sec-
tion means the liquid medium through which force is transmitted to the
brakes in the hydraulic brake system of a vehicle.

(b) Hydraulic brake fluid shall be distributed and serviced with due
regard for the safety of the occupants of vehicles and the public. ;

(c) The Superintendent of State Police shall, after public hearing
following due notice, adopt and enforce regulations for the administration
of this section and shall adopt and publish standards and specifications and
labeling for hydraulic brake fluid which shall, so far as practicable,
conform to the then current standards and specifications of the Society of
Automotive Engineers applicable to such fluid.

(d) No person shall distribute, have for sale, offer for sale, sell or
service any vehicle with any hydraulic brake fluid unless it complies with
the requirements of this section.

(e) Any person violating any provision hereof or regulation adopted
hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.