Bill Text - HB1110 (2022)

Relative to windshield tint waivers.


Revision: May 4, 2022, 9:45 a.m.

CHAPTER 33

HB 1110 - FINAL VERSION

 

 

2022 SESSION

22-2558

12/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1110

 

AN ACT relative to windshield tint waivers.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Walsh, Merr. 24; Rep. Gagne, Hills. 13; Rep. Sykes, Graf. 13; Rep. Steven Smith, Sull. 11

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill increases the required light transmittance of after market tinted windshields.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2558

12/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to windshield tint waivers.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

33:1  Equipment of Vehicles; Equipment Waiver for Disabled.  Amend RSA 266:61-a, IX to read as follows:

IX.  The commissioner may waive the requirements of RSA 266:58-a and issue a special permit to a person who for bona fide medical reasons requires after market tinting on the windshield and who applies for such permit.   Such waiver shall be granted in accordance with this section and shall only authorize the use of after market tinted windows with a light transmittance of not less than [35] 70 percent.  In reviewing the application for a permit under this paragraph, the commissioner may seek the advice and recommendation of a medical review board designated by him or her for such purpose.

33:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: May 03, 2022

Effective Date: July 02, 2022