| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to motor vehicle windshield sunscreening devices. |
|
|
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, if the windshield does not have an AS-1 line, 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; or |
|
|
(16) a commercial motor vehicle as defined by Section |
|
|
644.001. |
|
|
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
|
|
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
|
|
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
|
|
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
|
|
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
|
|
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
|
|
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was |
|
|
committed before that date. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |