Certain wheel weights prohibited; terms defined.

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13:1E-99.116 Certain wheel weights prohibited; terms defined.

1. a. No person shall install on any motor vehicle a weight or other product used to balance a motor vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product contains lead or mercury that was intentionally added during the manufacture of the product.

b. No person shall sell or offer to sell a weight or other product for balancing a motor vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product contains lead or mercury that was intentionally added during the manufacture of the product.

c. No person shall sell a new motor vehicle equipped with a weight or other product used to balance a motor vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product contains lead or mercury that was intentionally added during the manufacture of the product.

d. As used in this act:

"Motor vehicle" means the same as that term is defined in R.S.39:1-1.

"New motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that has not been previously sold to a person other than a distributor, wholesaler, or dealer of motor vehicles for resale.

L.2017, c.257, s.1.


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