Minnesota Session Laws - 1983, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1983 

                        CHAPTER 234--S.F.No. 699
           An act relating to highway traffic regulations; 
          regulating the use of materials on the windshields, 
          side windows, and rear windows of motor vehicles; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 169.71, by 
          adding a subdivision. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 169.71, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 4.  No person shall drive or operate any motor 
vehicle required to be registered in the state of Minnesota upon 
any street or highway under the following conditions:  
    (a) When the windshield is composed of, covered by, or 
treated with any material which has the effect of making the 
windshield more reflective or in any other way reducing light 
transmittance through the windshield;  
    (b) When any window on the vehicle is composed of, covered 
by, or treated with any material that has a highly reflective or 
mirrored appearance;  
    (c) When any side window or rear window is composed of or 
treated with any material so as to obstruct or substantially 
reduce the driver's clear view through the window or has a light 
transmittance of less than 50 percent plus or minus three 
percent in the visible light range or a luminous reflectance of 
more than 20 percent plus or minus three percent; or 
    (d) When any material has been applied after August 1, 
1985, to any motor vehicle window without an accompanying 
permanent marking which indicates the percent of transmittance 
and the percent of reflectance afforded by the material.  The 
marking must be in a manner so as not to obscure vision and be 
readable when installed on the vehicle.  
    This subdivision does not apply to glazing materials which: 
    (a) have not been modified since the original installation, 
nor to original replacement windows and windshields, that were 
originally installed or replaced in conformance with Federal 
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 205;  
    (b) were required to satisfy prescription needs of the 
driver of the vehicle and the driver is in possession of such 
prescription;  
    (c) were applied to the rear windows of a pickup truck as 
defined in section 168.011, subdivision 29, or to the rear 
windows or the side windows on either side behind the driver's 
seat of a van as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 28, or 
of any vehicle used to transport human remains by funeral 
establishments holding a permit under the provisions of section 
149.08.  
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective August 1, 1983, with the exception 
of subdivision 4, clause (d) which is effective August 1, 1985. 
    Approved June 1, 1983