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A06968 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6968
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 9, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD00665-01-3

        A. 6968                             2
 
     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  windows to determine whether they are composed of, covered by or treated
    16  with any material which has a light transmittance [of less than  seventy
    17  percent] in violation of the percentages established pursuant to section
    18  three  hundred  seventy-five of this title and such other mechanisms and
    19  equipment as shall be determined by the commissioner to be necessary for
    20  proper and safe operations. Such inspection  shall  also  be  made  with
    21  respect  to  vehicle identification number. Upon inspection, the mileage
    22  appearing on the odometer shall be recorded upon the inspection sticker.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    24  have  become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
    25  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    26  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    27  on or before such date.
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