00                             SENATE BILL NO. 78                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the installation of window tinting in automobiles."                                                 
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 28.35 is amended by adding new sections to article 3 to read:                                      
04            Sec. 28.35.271. Installation of window tinting. (a) A person commits the                                   
05       crime of improper installation of window tinting if the person in this state installs                             
06       window tinting on a motor vehicle                                                                                 
07                 (1)  on portions of vehicle windows not permitted by the department; or                                 
08                 (2)  that does not allow the level of light transmittance required by the                               
09       department by regulation.                                                                                         
10            (b)  In this section, "light transmittance" means the ratio, expressed as a                                  
11       percentage, of the amount of total light that is allowed to pass through a window,                                
12       including glazing, to the amount of total light falling on the window.