March 19, 2003





ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1282

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DIGEST OF HB 1282 (Updated March 18, 2003 11:45 AM - DI 71)



Citations Affected: IC 9-19.

Synopsis: Tinted or treated windows in motor vehicles. Makes it a Class B infraction for a person to cover or tint a motor vehicle window in a manner that the occupants of the vehicle cannot be easily identified or recognized through that window from outside the vehicle, with a medical exception.

Effective: July 1, 2003.





Harris, Goodin , Lutz J
(SENATE SPONSORS _ WYSS, SMITH S)




    January 13, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
    January 28, 2003, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
    February 6, 2003, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
    February 7, 2003, engrossed.
    February 10, 2003, read third time, passed. Yeas 80, nays 17.

SENATE ACTION

    February 11, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security.
    March 18, 2003, reported favorably _ Do Pass.






March 19, 2003

First Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2003)


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ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1282



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 9-19-19-4; (03)EH1282.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-19-19-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to a manufacturer's tinting or glazing of motor vehicle windows or windshields that is otherwise in compliance with or permitted by FMVSS205 as promulgated in 49 CFR 571.205. Proof from the manufacturer, supplier, or installer that the tinting or glazing is in compliance with or permitted by FMVSS205 must be carried in the vehicle.
    (b) This section does not apply to the driver of a vehicle:
        (1) that is owned by an individual required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun; or
        (2) in which an individual required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun is a habitual passenger.
The medical reasons must be attested to by a physician or optometrist licensed to practice in Indiana, and the physician's or optometrist's certification of that condition must be carried in the vehicle. The physician's or optometrist's certificate must be renewed annually.
    (c) A person may not drive a motor vehicle that has a:
        (1) windshield;
        (2) side wing;
        (3) side window that is part of a front door; or
        (4) rear back window;
that is covered by or treated with sunscreening material or is tinted to the extent or manufactured in a way that the occupants of the vehicle cannot be easily identified or recognized through that window from outside the vehicle. However, it is a defense if the sunscreening material applied to those windows has a total solar reflectance of visible light of not more than twenty-five percent (25%) as measured on the nonfilm side and light transmittance of at least thirty percent (30%) in the visible light range.
    (d) A person may not tint or otherwise cover or treat with sunscreening the parts of a vehicle described in subsection (c) so that operation of the vehicle after the tinting or sunscreening is performed is a violation of subsection (c). However, it is not a violation of this chapter if this work is performed for a person who submits a physician's or optometrist's statement as described in subsection (b) to the person who is to perform the work.
SOURCE: IC 9-19-19-7; (03)EH1282.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 9-19-19-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 7. (a) This section does not apply to a person who owns or operates a vehicle or combination of vehicles that:
        (1) contains parts and accessories; and
        (2) is equipped;
as required under regulations of the United States Department of Transportation.
    (b) Except as provided in section 8 of this chapter, a person who violates this chapter commits a Class C infraction.
SOURCE: IC 9-19-19-8; (03)EH1282.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 9-19-19-8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 8. A person who violates section 4(d) of this chapter commits a Class A infraction.