Bill Text: TX HB4121 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to motor vehicle windshield sunscreening devices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-09 - Referred to Transportation [HB4121 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4121-Comm_Sub.html
  88R10027 JRR-F
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 4121
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to motor vehicle windshield sunscreening devices.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 547.613(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to:
               (1)  a windshield that has a sunscreening device that:
                     (A)  in combination with the windshield has a
  light transmission of 25 percent or more;
                     (B)  in combination with the windshield has a
  luminous reflectance of 25 percent or less;
                     (C)  is not red, blue, or amber; and
                     (D)  does not extend downward beyond the AS-1 line
  or, if the windshield does not have an AS-1 line, more than five
  inches from the top of the windshield[, whichever is closer to the
  top of the windshield];
               (2)  a wing vent or a window that is to the left or right
  of the vehicle operator if the vent or window has a sunscreening
  device that in combination with the vent or window has:
                     (A)  a light transmission of 25 percent or more;
  and
                     (B)  a luminous reflectance of 25 percent or less;
               (2-a)  a side window that is to the rear of the vehicle
  operator;
               (3)  a rear window, if the motor vehicle is equipped
  with an outside mirror on each side of the vehicle that reflects to
  the vehicle operator a view of the highway for a distance of at
  least 200 feet from the rear;
               (4)  a rearview mirror;
               (5)  an adjustable nontransparent sun visor that is
  mounted in front of a side window and not attached to the glass;
               (6)  a direction, destination, or termination sign on a
  passenger common carrier motor vehicle, if the sign does not
  interfere with the vehicle operator's view of approaching traffic;
               (7)  a rear window wiper motor;
               (8)  a rear trunk lid handle or hinge;
               (9)  a luggage rack attached to the rear trunk;
               (10)  a side window that is to the rear of the vehicle
  operator on a multipurpose vehicle;
               (11)  a window that has a United States, state, or local
  certificate placed on or attached to it as required by law;
               (12)  a motor vehicle that is not registered in this
  state;
               (13)  a window that complies with federal standards for
  window materials, including a factory-tinted or a pretinted window
  installed by the vehicle manufacturer, or a replacement window
  meeting the specifications required by the vehicle manufacturer;
               (14)  a vehicle that is:
                     (A)  used regularly to transport passengers for a
  fee; and
                     (B)  authorized to operate under license or permit
  by a local authority;
               (15)  a vehicle that is maintained by a law enforcement
  agency and used for law enforcement purposes; or
               (16)  a commercial motor vehicle as defined by Section
  644.001.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was
  committed before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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