325E.0952, Minnesota Statutes 2007

Copyright © 2007 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.

 Subdivision 1. Definitions.

(a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.
(b) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle designed for use on the public highways
and originally equipped with an air bag.
(c) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated
association, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(d) "Air bag" means any inflatable restraint system installed in a motor vehicle to comply
with safety standards established for the motor vehicle by federal law or regulation.
(e) "Collision repair" means restoration or repair of damage to a motor vehicle resulting
from collision or other occurrence.
    

Subd. 2. Prohibited acts.

(a) A person with actual knowledge that a motor vehicle's air
bag has deployed or is missing may not perform collision repair of that motor vehicle unless
any deployed or missing air bag is replaced with an air bag designed for the make, model, and
year of the vehicle.
(b) A person may not knowingly install or reinstall any object in lieu of an airbag designed
for the make, model, and year of the vehicle, as part of a vehicle inflatable restraint system.

    Subd. 3. Exclusion. Subdivision 2, paragraph

(a), does not apply to a motor vehicle that is a
model year more than seven years prior to the year that the repair is performed.

    Subd. 4. Penalty. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 2007 c 71 s 1