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7425.2000 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
Subpart 1.
Compliance.
Vehicle lighting equipment must conform to the general requirements listed in subparts 2 to 5.
Subp. 2.
Relation to statutes.
Lighting devices and components listed in part 7425.2100 must comply with the standard, recommended practice, or regulation stipulated for each device. A SAE standard or recommended practice is incorporated by reference to the extent that the standard or recommended practice is consistent with Minnesota statutory requirements delineated in parts 7425.0150 and 7425.0160.
Subp. 3.
Original and replacement equipment.
Original lighting equipment for a vehicle and after-market equipment made or sold for replacement of original lighting equipment must comply with the rules, federal regulations, standards, or recommended practices incorporated by reference in this chapter or the standards, recommended practices, or requirements in effect when the vehicle was manufactured.
Subp. 4.
Nonreplacement equipment.
After-market lighting equipment not made or sold for replacement of original equipment must comply with this chapter or the standards, recommended practices, or requirements in effect at the time, or up to one year prior to the time, that the equipment was manufactured.
Subp. 5.
Terms.
The words "it is recommended that," "recommendations," "should," or similar terms appearing in the SAE standards and recommended practices incorporated by reference in part 7425.2100 set forth a requirement except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter. Items referred to as "a matter of information" or "attention is called to" in the SAE standards and recommended practices are not mandatory except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter.
History:
9 SR 1252
Published Electronically:
May 1, 2000
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