CORRECTIVE REPRINT
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1216 PRINTER'S NO. 1378
No. 1091 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, DALEY, LEDERER, BELARDI, HORSEY, KENNEY,
READSHAW, TRELLO, PRESTON, SCRIMENTI, MELIO, FARGO, TIGUE,
RUDY, McGEEHAN, FAJT, DONATUCCI, BELFANTI, CIVERA,
YOUNGBLOOD, SERAFINI, RAYMOND AND MIHALICH, MARCH 9, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 9, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, requiring window tinters to notify customers that
3 certain tinting is prohibited.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4524(e) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 4524. Windshield obstructions and wipers.
9 * * *
10 (e) Sun screening and other materials prohibited.--
11 (1) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sun
12 screening device or other material which does not permit a
13 person to see or view the inside of the vehicle through the
14 windshield, side wing or side window of the vehicle.
15 (2) This subsection does not apply to:
16 (i) A vehicle which is equipped with tinted windows
17 of the type and specification that were installed by the
1 manufacturer of the vehicle or to any hearse, ambulance,
2 government vehicle or any other vehicle for which a
3 currently valid certificate of exemption has been issued
4 in accordance with regulations adopted by the department.
5 (ii) A vehicle which is equipped with tinted
6 windows, sun screening devices or other materials which
7 comply with all applicable Federal regulations and for
8 which a currently valid certificate of exemption for
9 medical reasons has been issued in accordance with
10 regulations adopted by the department.
11 (3) A certificate of exemption shall be issued by the
12 department for a vehicle which is:
13 (i) Registered in this Commonwealth on the effective
14 date of this subsection and is equipped with a sun
15 screening device or other material prohibited under
16 paragraph (1) on the effective date.
17 (ii) Equipped with tinted windows, sun screening
18 devices or other materials for a physical condition that
19 makes it necessary to equip the motor vehicle with sun
20 screening material which would be of a light
21 transmittance or luminous reflectance in violation of
22 this section.
23 (A) A certificate of exemption for medical
24 reasons shall be issued only if the owner or
25 registrant of the vehicle, or a person residing in
26 the household of the owner or registrant who
27 regularly drives or is driven in the vehicle, suffers
28 from a physical condition determined by the
29 department, in consultation with the Medical Advisory
30 Board, to justify the exemption.
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1 (B) Any person requesting an exemption for
2 medical reasons shall have his physical condition
3 certified to the department by a licensed physician
4 or optometrist.
5 (4) A certificate of exemption issued under this
6 subsection shall be carried in the vehicle and displayed on
7 request of a police officer.
8 (5) Upon the sale or transfer of the vehicle to any
9 person who does not qualify under paragraph (2)(ii), the
10 exemption shall be null and void. Prior to the sale or
11 transfer of an exempt vehicle, it shall be the sole
12 responsibility of the owner or seller of a formerly exempt
13 vehicle to remove all sun screening or other materials from
14 the vehicle. At the time of the sale or transfer of a
15 formerly exempt vehicle, the owner shall remove and destroy
16 the certificate of exemption for physical reasons and provide
17 the purchaser with a notarized statement setting forth the
18 name and address of the owner or seller, the vehicle
19 identification number, year and model, and the business
20 entity and process used to remove the sun screening or other
21 material.
22 (6) A person or organization that tints windows shall
23 notify customers that certain tinting of vehicle windows
24 violates this subsection.
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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