Assembly Bill A10086

                             
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                                   10086
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2026
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 Introduced  by M. of A. MAHER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring persons with
   tinted windows lower such motor  vehicle's  tinted  windows  during  a
   traffic stop
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  837-y
 to read as follows:
   §  837-Y. TINTED WINDOWS DURING TRAFFIC STOPS. WHERE ANY OFFICER HAS A
 REASONABLE BELIEF THAT THE TINTED WINDOWS OF A MOTOR  VEHICLE  DURING  A
 TRAFFIC  STOP  POSE  A  POTENTIAL THREAT TO THE HEALTH OR SAFETY OF SUCH
 OFFICER, SUCH OFFICER MAY BE ALLOWED TO REQUIRE THE DRIVER OF THE  MOTOR
 VEHICLE  TO  LOWER  ALL  WINDOWS OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE UNTIL SUCH OFFICER
 DETERMINES THERE IS NO DANGER TO SUCH OFFICER'S HEALTH  OR  SAFETY.  FOR
 THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  TERM "TINTED WINDOWS" SHALL MEAN
 WINDOWS THAT HAVE A LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE OF LESS THAN SEVENTY PERCENT  IN
 VIOLATION  OF SUBDIVISION TWELVE-A OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE
 OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10932-01-5