PRINTER'S NO. 928
No. 854 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY GRUPPO, HERMAN, SEMMEL, TRELLO, JOHNSON, BOOK,
HECKLER, SAURMAN, CAWLEY, DeLUCA AND CIMINI, MARCH 16, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 16, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing exemptions for the use of certain
3 sun screening materials.
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 [any]:
16 (i) Any vehicle which is equipped with tinted
17 windows of the type and specification that were installed
18 by the manufacturer of the vehicle or to any hearse,
1 ambulance, government vehicle or any other vehicle to
2 which a currently valid certificate of exemption is
3 affixed as specified by regulation adopted by the
4 department.
5 (ii) Any vehicle which is equipped with tinted
6 windows or a sun screening device for medical reasons
7 which are certified by a licensed physician.
8 (3) A certificate of exemption shall be issued by the
9 department for a vehicle which is [registered]:
10 (i) Registered in this Commonwealth on the effective
11 date of this subsection and is equipped with a sun
12 screening device or other material prohibited under
13 paragraph (1) on the effective date.
14 (ii) Equipped with tinted windows or a sun screening
15 device for medical reasons as specified in paragraph
16 (2)(ii).
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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