Revision: Dec. 10, 2009, midnight
HB 1192 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
03/10
HOUSE BILL 1192
AN ACT relative to obstructions on motor vehicle windows.
SPONSORS: Rep. Burridge, Ches 3
This bill creates an exception to the prohibition on obstructions on motor vehicle windows.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2197
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to obstructions on motor vehicle windows.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Obstruction to Driver’s View. Amend RSA 265:95, III to read as follows:
III.(a) Except as permitted by subparagraph (b), no person shall drive upon any way any vehicle with any sign, poster, sticker, or other nontransparent material upon or adjacent to the front windshield, side wings, or side or rear windows of such vehicle which shall obstruct the driver’s clear view of the way or any intersecting way, unless authorized by the director so to do. No person shall drive upon any way any vehicle with after market tinting on the windshield or on the windows to the left and right of the driver, as prohibited under RSA 266:58-a.
(b) A sticker or other nontransparent material shall be permitted on a rear window if it protrudes no more than 6 inches from the perimeter of the window and the vehicle is equipped with exterior rearview mirrors on the right and left side of the vehicle that provide the driver with a clear and unobstructed view of the way to the rear of the vehicle.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.