Bill Text: NY A01654 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 1654 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relates to the level of acceptable light transmittance of automobile window tint and film.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-05 - enacting clause stricken [A01654 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01654-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1654--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the level of
          acceptable light transmittance of automobile window tint and film

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (d) of subdivision 12-a of  section  375
     2  of  the  vehicle and traffic law, paragraph (b) as amended and paragraph
     3  (d) as added by chapter 155 of the laws of 1991, are amended to read  as
     4  follows:
     5    (b) No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any public highway,
     6  road or street:
     7    (1) the front windshield of which is composed of, covered by or treat-
     8  ed with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seven-
     9  ty percent unless such materials are limited to the uppermost six inches
    10  of the windshield; or
    11    (2)  the  sidewings or side windows of which on either side forward of
    12  or adjacent to the operator's seat are composed of, covered by or treat-
    13  ed with any material which  has  a  light  transmittance  of  less  than
    14  [seventy] fifty percent; or
    15    (3)  if  it  is  classified as a station wagon, sedan, hardtop, coupe,
    16  hatchback or convertible and any rear side window has a light  transmit-
    17  tance of less than [seventy] fifty percent; or
    18    (4)  the  rear  window  of which is composed of, covered by or treated
    19  with any material which has a light transmittance of less than [seventy]
    20  fifty percent. A rear window may have a light transmittance of less than
    21  [seventy] fifty percent if the vehicle is equipped with side mirrors  on
    22  both sides of the vehicle so adjusted that the driver thereof shall have
    23  a  clear  and full view of the road and condition of traffic behind such
    24  vehicle.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04020-03-1

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     1    (d) The commissioner may test any window for a  person  who  has  been
     2  charged  with  violating this subdivision. Such measurements made by the
     3  commissioner, or his designee, shall be given a  tolerance  of  plus  or
     4  minus  seven  percent.  If such window is found to be in conformity with
     5  this  subdivision,  a  small  label attesting to the conformity shall be
     6  affixed to the window tested.
     7    § 2. Subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (c) of section 301
     8  of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 444 of the laws of
     9  2016, is amended to read as follows:
    10    (a) A safety inspection shall be made  with  respect  to  the  brakes;
    11  steering  mechanism;  wheel alignment; lights, including but not limited
    12  to the lights which are designed and placed on a vehicle for the purpose
    13  of illuminating the vehicle's license plates; odometer;  tire  pressure;
    14  seat  safety  belts;  shoulder harness safety belts; any window which is
    15  composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has  a  light
    16  transmittance  of  less than [seventy] fifty percent pursuant to section
    17  three hundred seventy-five of this title and such other  mechanisms  and
    18  equipment as shall be determined by the commissioner to be necessary for
    19  proper  and  safe  operations.  Such  inspection shall also be made with
    20  respect to vehicle identification number. Upon inspection,  the  mileage
    21  appearing on the odometer shall be recorded upon the inspection sticker.
    22    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    23  have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment  and/or
    24  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    25  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    26  on or before such date.