[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR580.11]

[Page 945]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 580--ODOMETER DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 580.11  Petition for approval of alternate disclosure requirements.

    (a) A State may petition NHTSA for approval of disclosure 
requirements which differ from the disclosure requirements of 
Secs. 580.5, 580.7, or 580.13(f) of this part.
    (b) Each petition filed under this section shall--
    (1) Be written in the English language;
    (2) Be submitted to the Office of Chief Counsel, National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 
20590;
    (3) Set forth the motor vehicle disclosure requirements in effect in 
the State, including a copy of the applicable State law or regulation; 
and
    (4) Explain how the State motor vehicle disclosure requirements are 
consistent with the purposes of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost 
Savings Act.
    (c) Notice of the petition and an initial determination pending a 
30-day comment period will be published in the Federal Register. Notice 
of final grant or denial of a petition for approval of alternate motor 
vehicle disclosure requirements will be published in the Federal 
Register. The effect of the grant of a petition is to relieve a State 
from responsibility to conform the State disclosure requirements with 
Secs. 580.5, 580.7, or 580.13(f), as applicable, for as long as the 
approved alternate disclosure requirements remain in effect in that 
State. The effect of a denial is to require a State to conform to the 
requirements of Secs. 580.5, 580.7 or 580.13(f), as applicable, of this 
part until such time as the NHTSA approves any alternate motor vehicle 
disclosure requirements.

[53 FR 29476, Aug. 5, 1988, as amended at 56 FR 47686, Sept. 20, 1991]