PRINTER'S NO. 1892
No. 1613 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY GAMBLE, NOYE, GODSHALL, D. W. SNYDER, BATTISTO,
PISTELLA, SCHEETZ, DeLUCA, PRESSMANN, CIVERA, GRUPPO,
HECKLER, TELEK, E. Z. TAYLOR, FOX, STABACK, SAURMAN, BELARDI,
CORRIGAN, TRELLO, FARMER, JAROLIN, OLASZ, MRKONIC, KASUNIC,
McVERRY, VEON AND ITKIN, MAY 31, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 31, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, prohibiting the installation of certain sun
3 screening devices and 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; nor
15 shall any person install such a device or material in a motor
16 vehicle.
17 (2) This subsection does not apply to any vehicle which
1 is equipped with tinted windows of the type and specification
2 that were installed by the manufacturer of the vehicle or to
3 any hearse, ambulance, government vehicle or any other
4 vehicle to which a currently valid certificate of exemption
5 is affixed as specified by regulation adopted by the
6 department. A certificate of exemption shall be issued by the
7 department for a vehicle which is registered in this
8 Commonwealth on the effective date of this subsection and is
9 equipped with a sun screening device or other material
10 prohibited under paragraph (1) on the effective date.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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