HLS 24RS-929 REENGROSSED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 458
BY REPRESENTATIVE FONTENOT
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Provides relative to the regulation window tinting for patrol
vehicles owned by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 32:361.1(C)(4), relative to vehicle window tinting regulations;
3 to add patrol vehicles owned by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to window
4 tint exemption; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:361.1(C)(4) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง361.1. View outward or inward through windshield or windows; obscuring
8 prohibited
9 * * *
10 C. The provisions of this Section do not apply to any of the following:
11 * * *
12 (4) Publicly owned law enforcement vehicles other than including those
13 vehicles owned or used by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for enforcement
14 operation.
15 * * *
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 24RS-929 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 458
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 458 Reengrossed 2024 Regular Session Fontenot
Abstract: Exempts law enforcement vehicles owned by the Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries and used for enforcement operations from window tint regulations.
Present law specifies that the provisions listed in present law regarding persons operating
a motor vehicle with any object or material placed on or affixed to the front windshield or
to front side windows of the vehicle so as to obstruct or reduce the driver's clear view
through the front windshield or front side windows, or place on or affix to the front
windshield or the front side windows of a motor vehicle, any transparent material if the
material alters the color or reduces the light transmission of the windshield or front side
windows.
Present law excludes the provisions in present law regarding window tint from applying to
publicly owned law enforcement vehicles but specifies that present law still applies to
vehicles that are owned by the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Proposed law modifies present law to add enforcement operation vehicles owned or used by
the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries to those excluded from statutory window tint
requirements.
(Amends R.S. 32:361.1(C)(4))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Clarify those vehicles owned or used by the Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries for enforcement operations are to be excluded from statutory window
tint requirements.
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