PRINTER'S NO. 3923
No. 2919 Session of 1994
INTRODUCED BY CESSAR, TIGUE, FARGO, NICKOL, DEMPSEY, CLARK,
SAYLOR, TRUE, KING, FLEAGLE, FAJT, HERSHEY, LAUB, MELIO,
MILLER, VAN HORNE, PETTIT, PHILLIPS, RAYMOND, ROBINSON,
MAITLAND, STERN, KENNEY, OLASZ, McGEEHAN AND NYCE,
JUNE 16, 1994
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 16, 1994
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for sunscreening.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 4524 heading and (e) of Title 75 of the
6 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
7 § 4524. [Windshield] Window obstructions and wipers.
8 * * *
9 (e) [Sun] Regulation of sun screening and other materials
10 [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
1 of the type and specification that were installed by the
2 manufacturer of the vehicle or to any hearse, ambulance,
3 government vehicle or any other vehicle for which a
4 currently valid certificate of exemption has been issued
5 in accordance with regulations adopted by the department.
6 (ii) A vehicle which is equipped with tinted
7 windows, sun screening devices or other materials which
8 comply with all applicable Federal regulations and for
9 which a currently valid certificate of exemption for
10 medical reasons has been issued in accordance with
11 regulations adopted by the department.
12 (3) A certificate of exemption shall be issued by the
13 department for a vehicle which is:
14 (i) Registered in this Commonwealth on the effective
15 date of this subsection and is equipped with a sun
16 screening device or other material prohibited under
17 paragraph (1) on the effective date.
18 (ii) Equipped with tinted windows, sun screening
19 devices or other materials for a physical condition that
20 makes it necessary to equip the motor vehicle with sun
21 screening material which would be of a light
22 transmittance or luminous reflectance in violation of
23 this section.
24 (A) A certificate of exemption for medical
25 reasons shall be issued only if the owner or
26 registrant of the vehicle, or a person residing in
27 the household of the owner or registrant who
28 regularly drives or is driven in the vehicle, suffers
29 from a physical condition determined by the
30 department, in consultation with the Medical Advisory
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1 Board, to justify the exemption.
2 (B) Any person requesting an exemption for
3 medical reasons shall have his physical condition
4 certified to the department by a licensed physician
5 or optometrist.
6 (4) A certificate of exemption issued under this
7 subsection shall be carried in the vehicle and displayed on
8 request of a police officer.
9 (5) Upon the sale or transfer of the vehicle to any
10 person who does not qualify under paragraph (2)(ii), the
11 exemption shall be null and void. Prior to the sale or
12 transfer of an exempt vehicle, it shall be the sole
13 responsibility of the owner or seller of a formerly exempt
14 vehicle to remove all sun screening or other materials from
15 the vehicle. At the time of the sale or transfer of a
16 formerly exempt vehicle, the owner shall remove and destroy
17 the certificate of exemption for physical reasons and provide
18 the purchaser with a notarized statement setting forth the
19 name and address of the owner or seller, the vehicle
20 identification number, year and model, and the business
21 entity and process used to remove the sun screening or other
22 material.
23 (6) The department shall regulate the allowable degree
24 of tinting of windows and shall approve devices which police
25 officers may use to measure the degree of tinting of windows
26 for the purpose of enforcing compliance with this section.
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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