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[CITE: 49USC32309]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
            PART C--INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS
 
                    CHAPTER 323--CONSUMER INFORMATION
 
Sec. 32309. Civil penalty for labeling violations

    (a) Definitions.--The definitions in section 32304 of this title 
apply to this section.
    (b) Penalties.--A manufacturer of a passenger motor vehicle 
distributed in commerce for sale in the United States that willfully 
fails to attach the label required under section 32304 of this title to 
a new passenger motor vehicle that the manufacturer manufactures or 
imports, or a dealer that fails to maintain that label as required under 
section 32304, is liable to the United States Government for a civil 
penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation. Each failure to 
attach or maintain that label for each vehicle is a separate violation.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1042; Pub. L. 103-
429, Sec. 6(31), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4380.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                 Pub. L. 103-272
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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32309(a)..............................  (no source).
32309(b)..............................  15:1950(e).                      Oct. 2
0, 1972, Pub. L. 92-513, 86 Stat.
                                                                          947, 
Sec.  210(e); added Oct. 6, 1992,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 102-388, Sec.  355, 106 Stat.
                                                                          1557.
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    Subsection (a) is added to ensure that the definitions in 
15:1950(f), restated in section 32304 of the revised title, apply to the 
source provision restated in this section.
    In subsection (b), the words ``Each failure to attach or maintain 
that label'' are substituted for ``Such failure'' for clarity.


                             Pub. L. 103-429

    This amends the catchline for 49:32309 to correct an error in the 
codification enacted by section 1 of the Act of July 5, 1994 (Public Law 
103-272, 108 Stat. 1042).


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-429 substituted ``Civil'' for ``Criminal'' in 
section catchline.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-429 effective July 5, 1994, see section 9 
of Pub. L. 103-429, set out as a note under section 321 of this title.
