Senate Bill S4151

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides exceptions to the prohibition on tinted windows in automobiles

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S4151 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L

2017-S4151 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides exceptions to the prohibition on tinted windows in automobiles.

2017-S4151 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4151 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4151
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
   exceptions to the prohibition on tinted windows in automobiles
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 12-a of section 375 of the
 vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 135 of the laws of  1994,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  Any  person  required for medical reasons to be shielded from the
 direct rays of the sun and/or  any  person  operating  a  motor  vehicle
 belonging  to such person or in which such person is an habitual passen-
 ger shall be exempt from the provisions of subparagraphs one and two  of
 paragraph  (b) of this subdivision provided the commissioner has granted
 an exemption and notice of such exemption is affixed to the  vehicle  as
 directed  by  the  commissioner.  AN  EXEMPTION MAY BE REQUESTED FOR THE
 FOLLOWING CONDITIONS USING A FORM  APPROVED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER:  (I)
 PORPHYRIA; (II) XERODERMA PIGMENTOSA; (III) SEVERE DRUG PHOTO-SENSITIVI-
 TY;  AND  (IV) ALBINISM. The applicant for such exemption must provide a
 physician's statement with the reason for the exemption, the name of the
 individual with a medically necessary condition operating or transported
 in the vehicle, the specific condition involved, and the  minimum  level
 of  light  transmission  required. The commissioner shall only authorize
 exemptions where the medical condition certified  by  the  physician  is
 contained  on  a list of medical conditions prepared by the commissioner
 of health pursuant to subdivision sixteen of section two hundred six  of
 the  public health law. If such [such] exemption is granted, the commis-
 sioner shall make a record thereof and shall distribute  a  sufficiently
 noticeable  sticker  to  the  applicant  to be attached to any window so
 shielded or altered pursuant to such exemption.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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