HF 2195 (LSB 5746YH (4) 86)

HOUSE FILE 2195

BY  BACON and DEYOE

A BILL FOR

An Act permitting the operation of motor vehicles with tinted windshields and windows for health reasons.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.438, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  A person shall not operate on the highway a motor vehicle equipped with a front windshield, a side window to the immediate right or left of the driver, or a side-wing forward of and to the left or right of the driver which is excessively dark or reflective so that it is difficult for a person outside the motor vehicle to see into the motor vehicle through the windshield, window, or sidewing. The department shall adopt rules establishing a minimum measurable standard of transparency which shall apply to violations of this subsection.  This subsection shall not apply if the person possesses in the motor vehicle a signed document from the person’s physician licensed under chapter 148 or optometrist licensed under chapter 154, written on the physician’s or optometrist’s stationary, stating that the dark or reflective windshield, window, or sidewing is necessary for the person’s health.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under current law, a person is prohibited from operating a motor vehicle equipped with an excessively dark or reflective windshield, window, or sidewing. A violation of this prohibition is punishable by a scheduled fine of $50. This bill provides that the prohibition against operating a motor vehicle with an excessively dark or reflective windshield, window, or sidewing does not apply if the person possesses in the motor vehicle a signed document from the person’s physician or optometrist, written on the physician’s or optometrist’s stationary, stating that the dark or reflective windshield, window, or sidewing is necessary for the person’s health.