Bill Text: IA HF2195 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act permitting the operation of motor vehicles with tinted windshields and windows for health reasons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-11 - Subcommittee, Carlson, Holz, and Lykam. H.J. 214. [HF2195 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF2195-Introduced.html
House File 2195 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY BACON and DEYOE A BILL FOR 1 An Act permitting the operation of motor vehicles with tinted 2 windshields and windows for health reasons. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5746YH (4) 86 ns/lh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.438, subsection 2, Code 2016, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. A person shall not operate on the highway a motor 1 4 vehicle equipped with a front windshield, a side window to 1 5 the immediate right or left of the driver, or a side=wing 1 6 forward of and to the left or right of the driver which is 1 7 excessively dark or reflective so that it is difficult for a 1 8 person outside the motor vehicle to see into the motor vehicle 1 9 through the windshield, window, or sidewing. The department 1 10 shall adopt rules establishing a minimum measurable standard 1 11 of transparency which shall apply to violations of this 1 12 subsection. This subsection shall not apply if the person 1 13 possesses in the motor vehicle a signed document from the 1 14 person's physician licensed under chapter 148 or optometrist 1 15 licensed under chapter 154, written on the physician's or 1 16 optometrist's stationary, stating that the dark or reflective 1 17 windshield, window, or sidewing is necessary for the person's 1 18 health. 1 19 EXPLANATION 1 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 21 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 22 Under current law, a person is prohibited from operating a 1 23 motor vehicle equipped with an excessively dark or reflective 1 24 windshield, window, or sidewing. A violation of this 1 25 prohibition is punishable by a scheduled fine of $50. This 1 26 bill provides that the prohibition against operating a motor 1 27 vehicle with an excessively dark or reflective windshield, 1 28 window, or sidewing does not apply if the person possesses in 1 29 the motor vehicle a signed document from the person's physician 1 30 or optometrist, written on the physician's or optometrist's 1 31 stationary, stating that the dark or reflective windshield, 1 32 window, or sidewing is necessary for the person's health. LSB 5746YH (4) 86 ns/lh
