H.F. 2195 Section 1. Section 321.438, subsection 2, Code 2016, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. A person shall not operate on the highway a motor 3 vehicle equipped with a front windshield, a side window to 4 the immediate right or left of the driver, or a side-wing 5 forward of and to the left or right of the driver which is 6 excessively dark or reflective so that it is difficult for a 7 person outside the motor vehicle to see into the motor vehicle 8 through the windshield, window, or sidewing. The department 9 shall adopt rules establishing a minimum measurable standard 10 of transparency which shall apply to violations of this 11 subsection . This subsection shall not apply if the person 12 possesses in the motor vehicle a signed document from the 13 person’s physician licensed under chapter 148 or optometrist 14 licensed under chapter 154, written on the physician’s or 15 optometrist’s stationary, stating that the dark or reflective 16 windshield, window, or sidewing is necessary for the person’s 17 health. 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 Under current law, a person is prohibited from operating a 22 motor vehicle equipped with an excessively dark or reflective 23 windshield, window, or sidewing. A violation of this 24 prohibition is punishable by a scheduled fine of $50. This 25 bill provides that the prohibition against operating a motor 26 vehicle with an excessively dark or reflective windshield, 27 window, or sidewing does not apply if the person possesses in 28 the motor vehicle a signed document from the person’s physician 29 or optometrist, written on the physician’s or optometrist’s 30 stationary, stating that the dark or reflective windshield, 31 window, or sidewing is necessary for the person’s health. 32 -1- LSB 5746YH (4) 86 ns/lh 1/ 1