BILL NUMBER: AB 458	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 14, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 26, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 29, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cook
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Torrico   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2009

   An act to add Section 26708.7 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 458, as amended, Cook. Vehicles: peace officer vehicles: window
tinting or glazing.
   Existing law prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle with
any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or
applied upon the windshield or side or rear windows, with limited
exceptions, including for window tinting or glazing that meets
specified requirements. Federal law establishes motor vehicle safety
standards for glazing material for use in motor vehicles and motor
vehicle equipment.
   This bill would exempt a vehicle operated  by a peace
officer  and owned or leased by  the peace officer's
employer   a federal, state, or local agency,
department, or district, that employs peace officers, for use by
those peace officers in the performance of their   duties,
 from California law prohibiting or limiting materials that may
be placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied to the
windshield or side or rear windows, commonly referred to as window
tinting or glazing.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 26708.7 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   26708.7.  Notwithstanding any other law, a vehicle operated
 by a peace officer, as defined in Section 830 of the Penal
Code,  and owned or leased by the peace officer's
employer   a federal, state, or local agency,
department, or district, that employs peace officers, as defined by
Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the
Penal Code, for use by those peace officers in the performance of
their duties  , is exempt from California law, and regulations
adopted pursuant thereto, prohibiting or limiting material that may
be placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied to the
windshield or side or rear windows, commonly referred to as window
tinting or glazing.