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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="22-419" title_number="22" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Equipment of Vehicles" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Other Equipment">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Airbag” means a motor vehicle inflatable occupant–restraint system that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Operates in the event of a crash; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Is designed in accordance with federal motor vehicle safety standards for the specific make, model, and year of the motor vehicle in which it is or will be installed.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Airbag” includes the cover, sensors, controllers, inflators, wiring, cushion material, and any other component part of an airbag.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Counterfeit airbag” means a replacement airbag displaying an unauthorized mark identical or substantially similar to the genuine mark of a motor vehicle manufacturer or a supplier of parts to the motor vehicle manufacturer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Nonfunctional airbag” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A replacement airbag that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Has been previously deployed or damaged; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Has an electrical fault that is detected by the vehicle diagnostic system after the installation procedure is completed; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An object, including a counterfeit airbag, intended to deceive a vehicle owner or operator into believing that the object is a functional airbag.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not knowingly:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Import, manufacture, distribute, sell, or offer for sale a counterfeit airbag or a nonfunctional airbag;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Install or reinstall a counterfeit airbag or a nonfunctional airbag in a motor vehicle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Sell, offer for sale, install, or reinstall a device in a vehicle that causes the vehicle’s diagnostic system to inaccurately indicate that the vehicle is equipped with a functional airbag when a counterfeit airbag, nonfunctional airbag, or no airbag is installed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Represent to another person that a counterfeit airbag or a nonfunctional airbag that is or will be installed in a motor vehicle is a functional airbag; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Assist in or cause a violation of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
