§ 2026. Installation of object in lieu of air bag
(a) No person shall knowingly install or reinstall or knowingly cause to be installed or reinstalled:
(1) an object in lieu of a vehicle air bag that was designed in accordance with the federal safety regulation for the make, model, and year of a vehicle; or
(2) an inoperable vehicle air bag, knowing the air bag is inoperable.
(b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be imprisoned for not more than three years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both.
(c) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section, and serious bodily injury as defined in section 1021 of this title or death results, shall be imprisoned for not more than 15 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Added 2001, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
§ 2002. False pretenses or tokens
§ 2003. False tokens described
§ 2006. False statement as to financial ability
§ 2007. Receiving value upon false statement
§ 2008. False statement as to present validity of prior statement
§ 2011. Fraudulent use of badges
§ 2012. Misrepresenting livestock
§ 2013. Painting or disguising horses
§ 2014. Transferring chattel without notice of lien
§ 2015. Transferring realty without notice of encumbrance
§ 2016. Signing or issuing false certificates of stock
§ 2018. Fraudulent use of slugs and tokens
§ 2019. Manufacture and sale of devices for cheating
§ 2021. Telecommunications fraud and facilitation of telecommunications fraud
§ 2023. Simulating objects of antiquity or rarity
§ 2024. Workers’ compensation fraud; criminal penalties
§ 2025. Employers without workers’ compensation insurance; criminal sanction
§ 2026. Installation of object in lieu of air bag
§ 2027. Sale or trade of motor vehicle with an inoperable air bag
§ 2028. Fraudulent violations of joint fiduciary accounts