Bill Text: HI SB227 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Motor Vehicle Sun Screening Devices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-12-10 - Carried over to 2022 Regular Session. [SB227 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB227-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SUN SCREENING DEVICES.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 291-21.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
"(d) This section shall not apply to:
(1) Rearview mirrors;
(2) Adjustable
nontransparent sun visors [which] that are mounted forward of the
side windows and are not attached to the glazing material;
(3) Signs, stickers,
or other materials [which] that are displayed in a seven-inch
square in the lower corner of the windshield farthest removed from the driver
or signs, stickers, or other materials [which] that are displayed
in a five-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield nearest the driver;
(4) Rear trunk lid handle or hinges;
(5) Window wipers and window wiper motors;
(6) Transparent sun
screening film materials [which] that are installed, affixed, or
applied along the top edge of the windshield so long as such materials do not
encroach upon the AS-1 portion of the windshield as provided by Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard 205 or no lower than four inches below the top of the windshield,
when measured from the middle point of the bottom edge of the top windshield
moulding if no AS-1 markings can be found in the left or right upper margin of
the windshield;
(7) Sun screening
devices for front side wing vents and windows [which,] that, when
used in conjunction with the glazing material have a light transmittance of no
less than thirty-five per cent plus or minus six per cent;
[(8) Sun screening
devices for side windows necessary for driving visibility which are to the rear
of the driver and for rear windows necessary for driving visibility which, when
used in conjunction with the glazing material, have a light transmittance of no
less than thirty-five per cent plus or minus six per cent;
(9)] (8) Side
windows [which] that are to the rear of the driver and rear windows
on [vans, minivans, trucks, or buses;] any motor vehicle as defined in
section 249-1; provided that the vehicles are equipped with rearview
mirrors on both sides;
[(10)] (9) Privacy
drapes, curtains, or blinds, or any combination, installed on the interior of
motor homes; or
[(11)] (10) Transparent
sun screening materials, when applied to the AS-1 portion of the windshield, [which]
that meets the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
205."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Motor Vehicles; Sun Screening Devices
Description:
Repeals provision requiring light transmittance of no less than 35% on side and rear windows of certain vehicles when using sun screening devices and glazing material. Exempts from the section the side windows of any motor vehicle; provided the vehicle is equipped with rearview mirrors on both sides. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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