Title 49 — Transportation
Part C · Chapter 331 — Theft Prevention
§ 33102. Theft prevention standard for high theft lines
Statutory text
General.—
The Secretary of Transportation by regulation shall prescribe a vehicle theft prevention standard that conforms to the requirements of this chapter. The standard shall apply to—
covered major parts that manufacturers install in passenger motor vehicles in lines designated under section 33104 of this title as high theft lines; and
major replacement parts for the major parts described in clause (A) of this paragraph.
The standard may apply only to—
major parts that manufacturers install in passenger motor vehicles having a model year designation later than the calendar year in which the standard takes effect; and
major replacement parts manufactured after the standard takes effect.
Standard Requirements.—
The standard shall be practicable and provide relevant objective criteria.
Limitations on Major Part and Replacement Part Standards.—
For a major part installed by the manufacturer of the motor vehicle, the standard may not require a part to have more than one identification.
For a major replacement part, the standard may not require—
identification of a part not designed as a replacement for a major part required to be identified under the standard; or
the inscribing or affixing of identification except a symbol identifying the manufacturer and a common symbol identifying the part as a major replacement part.
Records and Reports.—
This chapter does not authorize the Secretary to require a person to keep records or make reports, except as provided in sections 33104(c), 33106(c), 33108(a), and 33112 1 of this title.
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 103–272 § 1(e) · 108 Stat. 745
Enacted · 49 U.S.C. § 33102
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1077.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1077.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Section 1. subtitles ii, ii, and v-x of title 49, united states code (a) Certain general and permanent laws of the 49 USC prec. 101 note. United States, related to transportation, are revised, codified, and enacted by subsections (c)–(e) of this section without substantive change as subtitles II, III, and V–X of title 49, United States Code, “Transportation”. Those laws may be cited as “49 U.S.C. ________”. (b) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the table of subtitles at the beginning of the title and substituting the following new table of subtitles: “Subtitle “I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION “II. OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES “III. GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS “IV. INTERSTATE COMMERCE “V. RAIL PROGRAMS “VI. MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS “VII. AVIATION PROGRAMS “VIII. PIPELINES “IX. COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION “X. MISCELLANEOUS (c) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking subtitle II, except that chapter 31 (comprising sections 3101–3104) of subtitle II is redesignated and restated as chapter 315 (comprising sections 31501–31504) of subtitle VI of title 49, as enacted by subsection (e) of this section. (d) Title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding the following immediately after subtitle I:
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 33102(a)(1) | 15:2022(a). | Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, 86 Stat. 947, § 602(a), (b), (c)(1)–(3), (5), (d)(2); added Oct. 25, 1984, Pub. L. 98–547, § 101(a), 98 Stat. 2756. |
| 33102(a)(2) | 15:2022(c)(1)–(3), (5). | |
| 33102(b) | 15:2022(b). | |
| 33102(c) | 15:2022(d)(1). | Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, 86 Stat. 947, § 602(d)(1); added Oct. 25, 1984, Pub. L. 98–547, § 101(a), 98 Stat. 2756; restated Oct. 25, 1992, Pub. L. 102–519, § 302(1), 106 Stat. 3394. |
| 33102(d) | 15:2022(e). | Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, 86 Stat. 947, § 602(e); added Oct. 25, 1984, Pub. L. 98–547, § 101(a), 98 Stat. 2756; Oct. 25, 1992, Pub. L. 102–519, § 306(a), 106 Stat. 3397. |
In subsection (a)(1), before clause (A), the words “in accordance with this section” are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (a)(2), the text of 15:2022(c)(1)–(3) is omitted as obsolete because the standard has already been prescribed. See 49 C.F.R. part 541.
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 33112 of this title, referred to in subsec. (d), was repealed by Pub. L. 112–141, div. C, title I, § 31313(2), , 126 Stat. 772.