§ 27-38-203 - Establishment of specifications. - Arkansas Statutes

27-38-203. Establishment of specifications.

(a) (1) The Director of the Department of Finance and Administration, after public hearing following due notice, shall promulgate such specifications for hydraulic brake fluid sold in this state as will promote the public safety in the operation of motor vehicles.

(2) The director is authorized and directed to adopt the specifications of the Society of Automotive Engineers for heavy duty brake fluids and to amend such specifications, from time to time, as may be necessary, after public hearing.

(b) (1) The director shall give notice of the minimum standards of hydraulic brake fluid adopted by him or her by inserting the notice in some newspaper of general circulation in this state.

(2) The notice shall state that specifications for hydraulic brake fluid have been established, that a copy of the specifications may be obtained by any interested person at the office of the director upon request, and that the sale of any brake fluid in this state in violation of the standards shall be unlawful.

(c) From time to time as the director may amend or change the minimum specifications for hydraulic brake fluid as those specifications may be changed by the Society of Automotive Engineers, the director shall give notice of the change in the manner provided in this section at least thirty (30) days in advance of the effective date for the revised specifications.