Section 13 AAC 04.255 - Air-conditioning equipment(a) In this section, "air-conditioning equipment" means mechanical vapor compression refrigeration equipment used to cool the driver or passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.(b) Air-conditioning equipment must be manufactured, installed, and maintained with regard for the safety of the occupants of the vehicle and the public, and may not use or contain a refrigerant toxic to persons, or flammable, explosive, corrosive or otherwise hazardous.(c) Manufacture, installation, maintenance and use of air-conditioning equipment will, as far as practicable, conform to the standards applicable to the equipment as approved by the Society of Automotive Engineers on the effective date of this section.(d) No person may drive on a highway or other vehicular way or area, equip, sell, or offer for sale, a motor vehicle equipped with air-conditioning equipment which does not meet the requirements of this section.Eff. 12/31/69, Register 31; am 6/28/79, Register 70Copies of these standards may be obtained from Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 400 Commonwealth Drive, Lorendale, Pennsylvania 15096.