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House File 2139

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.438, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  a.  A person shall not operate on the highway a motor
  1  4 vehicle equipped with a front windshield, a side window to the
  1  5 immediate right or left of the driver, or a side-wing forward
  1  6 of and to the left or right of the driver which is excessively
  1  7 dark or reflective so that it is difficult for a person
  1  8 outside the motor vehicle to see into the motor vehicle
  1  9 through the windshield, window, or sidewing.  The department
  1 10 shall adopt rules establishing a minimum measurable standard
  1 11 of transparency which shall apply to violations of this
  1 12 subsection paragraph.
  1 13    b.  A person shall not operate on the highway a motor
  1 14 vehicle equipped with a rear window with a level of light
  1 15 transmittance of less than seventy percent.  This paragraph
  1 16 does not apply to passenger vans, minivans, or sport utility
  1 17 vehicles.  
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill amends Code section 321.438 to require that the
  1 20 rear window of a motor vehicle, other than a passenger van,
  1 21 minivan, or sport utility vehicle, have a light transmittance
  1 22 level of at least 70 percent.  A violation of the requirement
  1 23 subjects the violator to a scheduled fine of $15 under Code
  1 24 section 805.8.  
  1 25 LSB 5982YH 78
  1 26 nh/cf/24
     

Text: HF02138                           Text: HF02140
Text: HF02100 - HF02199                 Text: HF Index
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