SB248

By Senator Ward

ENROLLED, An Act,

To amend Section 32-5C-4, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to medical exemptions from the window tinting law; to provide that the exemption applies to the top six inches of a motor vehicle windshield unless otherwise prescribed by the department or by a physician requesting the medical exemption on behalf of a patient diagnosed with light-sensitive porphyria; and to provide for the issuance of a decal to be placed on the windshield of the motor vehicle of an exempt person.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 32-5C-4, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:

§32-5C-4.

"(a) The department may Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), upon application from a person required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun, may issue an exemption from this chapter for any motor vehicle owned by the person or in which the person is a habitual passenger. The application shall be supported by written statement of that fact from a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state. The Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the exemption may be issued with the conditions and limitations prescribed by the department ALEA.

"(b) An exemption granted pursuant to subsection (a) to persons with light-sensitive prophyria shall apply to all areas of the windshield and windows prescribed by the physician in the written statement submitted as part of the application.

"(c) ALEA shall design a decal with a unique identification number to be issued to each person granted an exemption pursuant to this section. The decal shall be placed on the windshield of each motor vehicle operated by the exempt person. The department may charge a reasonable fee for each decal issued. The proceeds of the fee shall be used by the department to defray the costs of designing the decal and administering the exemption process.

Section 2. This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Motor Vehicles

Window Tint Law

Medical Exemption

Health

Public Safety Department

Code Amended