§33105 Cost limitations

Summary

Government identification rules for vehicles and parts cannot make car makers pay more than $15 for each vehicle. For makers of big replacement parts, the rule cannot make them pay more than a reasonable per-part cost that the Secretary of Transportation sets, and that cost must be under $15. If a company was already marking engines or transmissions on October 25, 1984 in a way that mostly met the rule, those marking costs don’t count toward the limit and the company cannot be forced to switch to a more expensive system than it used on that date. Base period: calendar year 1984. Price index: the yearly average of the Consumer Price Index (all items — United States city average). At the start of each calendar year, the Secretary of Labor must calculate and certify the percent change between the latest 12 months and the base period, publish it in the Federal Register, and the $15 and per-part amounts are adjusted by that percent for model years that begin in that calendar year.