PRINTER'S NO. 3519
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2501
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY GALLAGHER, SANCHEZ, SOLOMON, GIRAL, PROBST, HILL-
EVANS, DONAHUE, GILLEN, BOYD, D. WILLIAMS, JOZWIAK, CIRESI,
DALEY AND MUNROE, JULY 23, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 23, 2024
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, in safety and anti-pollution equipment, further
3 providing for windshield obstructions and wipers.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4524 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding subsections to read:
8 § 4524. Windshield obstructions and wipers.
9 * * *
10 (e.1) Vehicle safety inspection.--A motor vehicle which is
11 equipped with tinted windows shall be tested utilizing a window
12 tint meter as part of the motor vehicle safety inspection and
13 shall fail inspection if it violates the provisions of 67 Pa.
14 Code Ch. 175 Subch. O (relating to vehicle sun screening
15 devices).
16 (e.2) Violation of Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer
17 Protection Law.--Failing to inform a purchaser of window tinting
18 services for a motor vehicle that an alteration or modification
 1 will cause the motor vehicle to violate the provisions of 67 Pa.
2 Code Ch. 175 Subch. O shall constitute unfair methods of
3 competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices within the
4 meaning of section 2(4) of the act of December 17, 1968
5 (P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair Trade Practices and
6 Consumer Protection Law, and shall be subject to the enforcement
7 provisions, civil penalties and private rights of action
8 contained in that act.
9 * * *
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 3519: 75-4524