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HB 458 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Fontenot
Abstract: Exempts patrol vehicles owned by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries 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 patrol vehicles owned by the Dept. of Wildlife and
Fisheries to those excluded from statutory window tint requirements.
(Amends R.S. 32:361.1(C)(4))