BILL NUMBER: AB 2660	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Solorio

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

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



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2660, as amended, Solorio. 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 and owned or leased by 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 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.  This bill would exempt a vehicle operated and owned or
leased by 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.
   Notwithstanding 
    26708.7.    Notwithstanding  any other law, a
vehicle operated and owned or leased by 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.