Bill Text: TX HB1126 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to sunscreening devices installed on a motor vehicle displaying a judicial specialty license plate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB1126 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1126-Introduced.html
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| By: Gámez | H.B. No. 1126 | |
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| relating to sunscreening devices installed on a motor vehicle | ||
| displaying a judicial specialty license plate. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 547.613(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to: | ||
| (1) a windshield that has a sunscreening device that: | ||
| (A) in combination with the windshield has a | ||
| light transmission of 25 percent or more; | ||
| (B) in combination with the windshield has a | ||
| luminous reflectance of 25 percent or less; | ||
| (C) is not red, blue, or amber; and | ||
| (D) does not extend downward beyond the AS-1 line | ||
| or more than five inches from the top of the windshield, whichever | ||
| is closer to the top of the windshield; | ||
| (2) a wing vent or a window that is to the left or right | ||
| of the vehicle operator if the vent or window has a sunscreening | ||
| device that in combination with the vent or window has: | ||
| (A) a light transmission of 25 percent or more; | ||
| and | ||
| (B) a luminous reflectance of 25 percent or less; | ||
| (2-a) a side window that is to the rear of the vehicle | ||
| operator; | ||
| (3) a rear window, if the motor vehicle is equipped | ||
| with an outside mirror on each side of the vehicle that reflects to | ||
| the vehicle operator a view of the highway for a distance of at | ||
| least 200 feet from the rear; | ||
| (4) a rearview mirror; | ||
| (5) an adjustable nontransparent sun visor that is | ||
| mounted in front of a side window and not attached to the glass; | ||
| (6) a direction, destination, or termination sign on a | ||
| passenger common carrier motor vehicle, if the sign does not | ||
| interfere with the vehicle operator's view of approaching traffic; | ||
| (7) a rear window wiper motor; | ||
| (8) a rear trunk lid handle or hinge; | ||
| (9) a luggage rack attached to the rear trunk; | ||
| (10) a side window that is to the rear of the vehicle | ||
| operator on a multipurpose vehicle; | ||
| (11) a window that has a United States, state, or local | ||
| certificate placed on or attached to it as required by law; | ||
| (12) a motor vehicle that is not registered in this | ||
| state; | ||
| (13) a window that complies with federal standards for | ||
| window materials, including a factory-tinted or a pretinted window | ||
| installed by the vehicle manufacturer, or a replacement window | ||
| meeting the specifications required by the vehicle manufacturer; | ||
| (14) a vehicle that is: | ||
| (A) used regularly to transport passengers for a | ||
| fee; and | ||
| (B) authorized to operate under license or permit | ||
| by a local authority; | ||
| (15) a vehicle that is maintained by a law enforcement | ||
| agency and used for law enforcement purposes; [ |
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| (16) a commercial motor vehicle as defined by Section | ||
| 644.001; or | ||
| (17) a vehicle that displays a license plate issued | ||
| under Section 504.403, 504.404, or 504.405. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
