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§47-12-422.
§47-12-422.
A. As used in this section:
1. "Glass coating material" or "sunscreening devices" means materials,
films, applications or devices which are used in conjunction with
approved vehicle glazing materials for the purpose of reducing the
effects of sun;
2. "Light transmission" means the percentage of total light which is
allowed to pass through a window;
3. "Luminous reflectance" means the ratio of the amount of total
light, expressed in percentages, which is reflected outward by the
glass coating material or sunscreening device to the amount of total
light falling on the glass coating material;
4. "Manufacturer" means:
a. a person who engages in the manufacturing or assembling of
sunscreening devices, or
b. a person who fabricates, laminates, or tempers glazing materials,
incorporating the capacity to reflect or to reduce the transmittance
of light during the manufacturing process;
5. "Multipurpose vehicle" means any vehicle capable of carrying goods
or persons and which is manufactured on a truck frame; and
6. "Window" means the windshield, side or rear glass of a motor
vehicle, including any glazing material, glass coating or sunscreening
device.
B. It is unlawful for a person to sell, install, or to operate a motor
vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed,
affixed, or applied upon the windshield or side or rear windows, or
with any object or material so placed, displayed, installed, affixed,
or applied in or upon the motor vehicle so as to obstruct or reduce a
driver's clear view through the windshield or side or rear windows,
except as provided by this section.
C. It is unlawful for any person to place, install, affix, or apply
any transparent material upon the windshield or side or rear windows
of any motor vehicle if such material alters the color or reduces the
light transmittance of such windshield or side or rear windows except
as provided in this section.
D. This section shall not apply to:
1. Side or back windows that have a substance or material in
conjunction with glazing material that has a light transmission of at
least twenty-five percent (25%) and a luminous reflectance of at most
twenty-five percent (25%);
2. Front side wing vents and windows that have a substance or material
not attached in conjunction with glazing material which is used by a
vehicle operator on a moving vehicle during daylight hours;
3. Rearview mirrors;
4. Adjustable nontransparent sun visors which are mounted forward of
the side windows and are not attached to the glass;
5. Signs, stickers, or other materials which are displayed in a
forty-nine-square-inch area in the lower corner of the windshield
farthest removed from the driver or signs, stickers, or other
materials which are displayed in a forty-nine-square-inch area in the
lower corner of the windshield nearest the driver;
6. Direction, designation, or termination signs on buses, if the signs
do not interfere with the driver's clear view of approaching traffic;
7. Rear window wiper motors;
8. Rear window defrosters or defoggers;
9. Rear truck lid handle or hinges;
10. Side windows to the rear of the driver or back windows that have a
substance or material in conjunction with glazing material that has a
light transmission of at least ten percent (10%) and a luminous
reflectance of at most twenty-five percent (25%) on all vehicles
manufactured prior to 1996 year models, if the motor vehicle is
equipped with outside mirrors on both left and right hand sides of the
vehicle that are so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the
highway through each mirror for a distance of at least two hundred
(200) feet to the rear of the motor vehicle;
11. Transparent material which is installed, affixed, or applied to
the topmost portion of the windshield if:
a. it does not extend downward beyond the AS-1 line or more than five
(5) inches from the top of the windshield, whichever is closer to the
top of the windshield, and
b. the material is not red or amber in color;
12. All windows to the rear of the driver's seat in a vehicle licensed
as a bus, as defined by Section 1-105 of this title, or a taxicab, as
defined by Section 1-174 of this title; and
13. Vehicles not subject to registration in the State of Oklahoma.
E. This section shall not prohibit the use and placement of federal,
state, or political subdivision certificates on any window as are
required by applicable laws.
F. Louvered materials, when installed as designed, shall not reduce
the area of the driver's visibility below fifty percent (50%) as
measured on a horizontal plane. When such materials are used in
conjunction with the rear window, the measurement shall be made based
upon the driver's view from inside the rearview mirror.
G. Each manufacturer shall certify to the Commissioner of Public
Safety that the product or material he manufactures or assembles is in
compliance with the reflectivity and transmittance requirements of
this section.
H. A person who sells or installs objects or materials regulated by
this section shall set forth in a written statement, which shall be a
part of the contract for sale or installation, that the installation
of such object or material to the driver's or passenger's side window
may be illegal in some states. Such notice shall be in bold-face type.
I. The Commissioner of Public Safety, upon application from a person
required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of
the sun, supported by written attestation of such fact from a
physician licensed pursuant to Section 495 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, may issue an exemption from the provisions of this section
for a motor vehicle belonging to such person or in which such person
is a habitual passenger. Any person may operate a vehicle or alter the
color or reduce the light transmitted through the side or rear windows
of a vehicle in accordance with an exemption issued by the
Commissioner.
J. Any person who violates any provision of this section, upon
conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as
provided for in Section 17-101 of this title.
K. The provisions of this section shall not apply to implements of
husbandry as defined by this title.
L. The provisions of this section shall not apply to automobile
manufacturers that comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
205 or to multipurpose vehicles with windows that are in compliance
with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 205, regardless of whether
the glass coating material or sunscreening device is added by the
automobile manufacturer or a manufacturer as defined by this section.
M. The provisions of this section shall not apply to law enforcement
vehicles which are owned by the state or a political subdivision
thereof.
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