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A6411Assembly2017-2018 Session

Ban Dark Rear Window Tint

Official title

“Relates to tinted or shaded windows of motor vehicles”

Sponsor Michael DenDekkerAD-34Affects Transportation
Status
In Assembly Committee
Transportation
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Transportation

What's happening

This bill removes the exception allowing darker rear window tints on vehicles with dual side mirrors, requiring all rear windows to have at least 70% light transmittance.

Why it matters

  1. Standardizes window tint rules across all vehicles. by eliminating the previous exemption for vehicles with dual side mirrors, meaning every vehicle must now comply with the same minimum light transmission for rear windows.

  2. Could increase safety for law enforcement and first responders. by making it easier to see inside vehicles during traffic stops or emergencies, reducing risks associated with heavily tinted rear windows.

  3. May impact privacy and comfort for vehicle owners. , especially those who previously relied on the mirror exemption to use darker tints for privacy, sun protection, or temperature control in their cars.

  4. Requires current vehicle owners and businesses (like tint shops) to adjust to new compliance standards. , potentially leading to additional costs for removing or replacing non-conforming rear window tints.

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Ban Dark Rear Window Tint

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Michael DenDekker

Assembly Member · Assembly District 34

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History

  1. Referred to transportation
  2. Referred to transportation

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

6411

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

March 7, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to tinted or shaded windows of motor vehicles

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

Section 1. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 12-a of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 155 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:

(4) the rear window of which is composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent. [A rear window may have a light transmittance of less than seventy percent if the vehicle is equipped with side mirrors on both sides of the vehicle so adjusted that the driver thereof shall have a clear and full view of the road and condition of traffic behind such vehicle.]

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided that the commissioner of motor vehicles is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations necessary and take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective date on or before such date.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD10385-01-7

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