A bill is under review in the Michigan House that aims to remove some of the regulations governing the window film permitted on vehicles.
For example, the bill, H 1500, would remove the state’s prohibition against window film being installed on “the side windows immediately adjacent to the driver or front passenger, or the sidewings adjacent to and forward of the driver or front passenger,” under the following provisions:
“A person may operate a motor vehicle with side windows immediately adjacent to the driver or front passenger or side wing windows adjacent to and forward of the driver or front passenger that are composed of, covered by, or treated with a material that combined with the glass on which it is installed has a visible light transmittance of 35% or more, plus or minus 5 percentage points, or a visible light reflectance of 20% or less, plus or minus 3 percentage points.”
The bill also aims to add the following wording to the law:
“Notwithstanding subsection (3), a professional investigator or court officer may operate a motor vehicle with a material upon or in the side windows immediately adjacent to the driver or front passenger or the side wing windows adjacent to and forward of the driver or front passenger regardless of the visible light transmittance or visible light reflectance of the material. As used in this subsection, ‘professional investigator’ means a person licensed under the professional investigator licensure act, 1965 PA 285, MCL 338.821 to 338.851.”
The bill was introduced in the Michigan House on October 15 and referred to the Committee on Transportation. A similar bill was introduced during last year’s legislative session in Michigan, but was vetoed by the state’s governor.
Click here for the full text of H 1500.