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                                             HOUSE BILL NO. 211
                         IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
                          THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
     BY REPRESENTATIVE RAUSCHER
     Introduced: 1/21/20
     Referred: House Special Committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs, State Affairs
                                                      A BILL
                                          FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
 1   "An Act relating to motor vehicle window tinting."
 2   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
 3     * Section 1. AS 28.35 is amended by adding a new section to article 3 to read:
 4                    Sec. 28.35.271. Motor vehicle window tinting. (a) Except as provided in (b)
 5           of this section, a person may not operate a motor vehicle on a highway if the motor
 6           vehicle has window tinting
 7                            (1) on the portion of the front windshield of the vehicle that is below
 8           the top five inches;
 9                            (2) that is mirrored; or
10                            (3) that reduces total light transmittance to less than 35 percent on a
11           side window, quarter glass, or back glass.
12                    (b) A person may operate a vehicle with tinted windows if
13                            (1)    the tinting complies with standards set in regulations by the
14           Department of Public Safety and the vehicle is
15                                     (A) a limousine or passenger bus used to transport persons for
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1                    hire;
2                                    (B) a motor home; or
3                                    (C) identified by the vehicle manufacturer as a multipurpose
4                    vehicle; or
5                             (2) a driver or passenger who frequently travels in the vehicle is
6             required for a medical reason to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun and the
 7                                   (A) medical reason is certified annually by a physician licensed
 8                   under 08.64; and
 9                                   (B) certification required by (A) of this paragraph is carried in
10                   the vehicle.
11                   (c) Violation of this section is an infraction.
12                   (d)     In this section, "light transmittance" means the ratio, expressed as a
13            percentage, of the total amount of light that is allowed to pass through a window,
14            including glazing, to the total amount of light falling on the window.
15    * Sec. 2. 13 AAC 04.223(b)(2), 13 AAC 04.223(b)(3), and 13 AAC 04.223(h) are annulled.
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Statutes affected: 
HB0211A, AM HB 211, introduced 01/21/2020: 