00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 211                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to motor vehicle window tinting."                                                                      
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 28.35 is amended by adding a new section to article 3 to read:                                     
04            Sec. 28.35.271. Motor vehicle window tinting. (a) Except as provided in (b)                                
05       of this section, a person may not operate a motor vehicle on a highway if the motor                               
06       vehicle has window tinting                                                                                        
07                 (1)  on the portion of the front windshield of the vehicle that is below                                
08       the top five inches;                                                                                              
09                 (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                                    

01            hire;                                                                                                        
02                      (B)  a motor home; or                                                                              
03                      (C)  identified by the vehicle manufacturer as a multipurpose                                      
04            vehicle; or                                                                                                  
05                 (2)  a driver or passenger who frequently travels in the vehicle is                                     
06       required for a medical reason to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun and the                              
07                      (A)  medical reason is certified annually by a physician licensed                                  
08            under 08.64; and                                                                                             
09                      (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.