{"data":{"id":"us-mt/61-9-426","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"61-9-426","heading":"Air-conditioning equipment -- use of flammable refrigerant prohibited -- definition.","body":"(1) Air-conditioning equipment must be maintained with due regard for the safety of the occupants of the vehicle, service technicians, and the public.\n(2) Air-conditioning equipment may contain only refrigerant that has been included in the list published by the United States environmental protection agency as a safe alternative motor vehicle air-conditioning substitute for chlorofluorocarbon-12 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 7671k(c).\n(3) A person may not equip or maintain a motor vehicle or special mobile equipment with air-conditioning equipment or refrigerants that do not comply with the requirements of this section.\n(4) As used in 61-9-427 and this section, \"air-conditioning equipment\" means mechanical, belt-driven, vapor compression refrigerant equipment that is used to cool the driver's compartment or passenger compartment of a motor vehicle or special mobile equipment.","path":["TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 9. VEHICLE EQUIPMENT","Part 4. Miscellaneous Regulations"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0610/chapter_0090/part_0040/section_0260/0610-0090-0040-0260.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:59Z","sha256":"5a862515efe5cf5adca603de728b1c33bbab703873d16ee0d2623952588a8479","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/61-9-424","next":"us-mt/61-9-427"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}