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 108 STAT. 956 PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 §30122. Making safety devices and elements inoperative (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, "motor vehicle repair business" means a person holding itself out to the public to repair for compensation a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment. (b) PROHIBITION.— ^A manufacturer, distributor, dealer, or motor vehicle repair business may not knowingly make inoperative any part of a device or element of design installed on or in a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment in compliance with an applicable motor vehicle safety standard prescribed under this chapter unless the manufacturer, distributor, dealer, or repair business reasonably believes the vehicle or equipment will not be used (except for testing or a similar purpose during maintenance or repair) when the device or element is inoperative. (c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Transportation may prescribe regulations— (1) to exempt a person from this section if the Secretary decides the exemption is consistent with motor vehicle safety and section 30101 of this title; and (2) to define "make inoperative". (d) NONAPPLICATION. — This section does not apply to a safety belt interlock or buzzer designed to indicate a safety belt is not in use as described in section 30124 of this title. §30123. Tires (a) LABELING REQUIREMENT.— The Secretary of Transportation shall require that a pneumatic tire subject to a motor vehicle safety standard prescribed under this chapter be labeled permanently and conspicuously with safety information the Secretary decides is necessary to carry out section 30101 of this title. (b) CONTENTS OF LABEL.— Labeling required on a tire under subsection (a) of this section shall include— (1)(A) identification of the manufacturer; (B) for a retreaded tire, identification of the retreader; or (C) for a tire containing a brand name (other than the name of the manufacturer), a code mark allowing a seller to identify the manufacturer to the purchaser; (2) the composition of material used in the ply of the tire; (3) the number of plies in the tire; (4) the maximum allowable load for the tire; and (5)(A) a statement that the tire complies with minimum safe performance standards prescribed under this chapter; or (B) a mark or symbol the Secretary prescribes for use by a manufacturer or retreader complying with those standards. (c) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.— The Secretary may require that additional safety information be disclosed to a purchaser when a tire is sold. (d) REGROOVED TIRE LIMITATIONS. — <1) In this subsection, "regrooved tire" means a tire with a new tread produced by cutting into the tread of a worn tire, (2) The Secretary may authorize the sale, offer for sale, introduction for sale, or delivery for introduction in interstate commerce, of a regrooved tire or a motor vehicle equipped with regrooved tires if the Secretary decides the tires are designed and made in a way consistent with section 30101 of this title. A person may not sell, offer for sale, introduce for sale, or deliver for introduc-

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