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Missouri Revised Statute
Section 307-173
Specifications for sun screening device
Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 307
Vehicle Equipment Regulations
Section 307.173
August 28, 2002
307.173. 1. Any person may operate a motor vehicle with front
sidewing vents or windows located immediately to the left and right of the
driver that have a sun screening device, in conjunction with safety glazing
material, that has a light transmission of thirty-five percent or more plus
or minus three percent and a luminous reflectance of thirty-five percent or
less plus or minus three percent. Except as provided in subsection 5 of
this section, any sun screening device applied to front sidewing vents or
windows located immediately to the left and right of the driver in excess
of the requirements of this section shall be prohibited without a permit
pursuant to a physician's prescription as described below. A permit to
operate a motor vehicle with front sidewing vents or windows located
immediately to the left and right of the driver that have a sun screening
device, in conjunction with safety glazing material, which permits less
light transmission and luminous reflectance than allowed under the
requirements of this subsection, may be issued by the department of public
safety to a person having a serious medical condition which requires the
use of a sun screening device if the permittee's physician prescribes its
use. The director of the department of public safety shall promulgate
rules and regulations for the issuance of the permit. The permit shall
allow operation of the vehicle by any titleholder or relative within the
second degree by consanguinity or affinity, which shall mean a spouse, each
grandparent, parent, brother, sister, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, child,
and grandchild of a person, who resides in the household. Except as
provided in subsection 2 of this section, all sun screening devices applied
to the windshield of a motor vehicle are prohibited.
2. This section shall not prohibit labels, stickers, decalcomania, or
informational signs on motor vehicles or the application of tinted or solar
screening material to recreational vehicles as defined in section 700.010,
RSMo, provided that such material does not interfere with the driver's
normal view of the road. This section shall not prohibit factory-installed
tinted glass, the equivalent replacement thereof or tinting material
applied to the upper portion of the motor vehicle's windshield which is
normally tinted by the manufacturer of motor vehicle safety glass.
3. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section
536.010, RSMo, that is created under the authority delegated in this
section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to
all of the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if applicable, section
536.028, RSMo. This section and chapter 536, RSMo, are nonseverable and if
any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536,
RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a
rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking
authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2001, shall be
invalid and void.
4. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty
of a class C misdemeanor.
5. Any vehicle licensed with a historical license plate shall be
exempt from the requirements of this section.
(L. 1985 H.B. 501 § 1, A.L. 1987 H.B. 78, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L.
1994 S.B. 475, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3, A.L. 1997 S.B. 121, A.L. 2001
S.B. 244, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1386 & 1038 merged with S.B. 727 & 703)
Effective 2-14-02
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