Ohio Admin. Code 4501-41-03 - Specifications
(A) No person shall
operate, on any highway or other public or private property open to the public
for vehicular travel or parking, lease, or rent any motor vehicle that is
required to be registered in this state with any sunscreening material, or
other product or material which has the effect of making the windshield or
windows nontransparent or would alter the windows' color, increase its
reflectivity, or reduce its light transmittance, unless the product or material
satisfies one of the following exceptions:
(1)
Any manufacturer's tinting or glazing of motor vehicle windows or windshields
that is otherwise in compliance with or permitted by "Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard Number 205" (FMVSS 205) in effect at the time of the
manufacture of the motor vehicle until such standard is subsequently repealed
or reduced. In "Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 205," (FMVSS 205)
"manufacturer" means any person engaged in the manufacturing or assembling of
motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment, including any person importing motor
vehicles or motor vehicle equipment for resale. "Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard Number 205" (FMVSS), Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Part 571,
can be obtained online at web site www.access.gpo.gov/narahttp://www.gpo.gov.
(2) . Any sunscreening material or other
product or material applied to the windshield when used in conjunction with the
safety glazing materials of such window, has a light transmittance of not less
than seventy per cent plus or minus three per cent and is not red or yellow in
color
(3) Any sunscreening material
or other product or material applied to the side windows to the immediate right
or left of the driver, so long as such material, when used in conjunction with
the safety glazing materials of such windows, has a light transmittance of not
less than fifty per cent plus or minus three per cent and is not red or yellow
in color.
(4) Any sunscreening
material or other product or material applied to a window not otherwise listed
in paragraphs (A)(1) to (A)(3) or (A)(5) of this rule, except that outside left
and right rear view mirrors are required if the sunscreening material is
applied to the rear window and the sunscreening material, when used in
conjunction with the safety glazing material of such window, has a light
transmittance of less than fifty per cent plus or minus three per
cent.
(5) Any sunscreening material
or other product or material applied along the top of the windshield and that
does not extend downward beyond the AS-1 line or five inches from the top of
the windshield, whichever is closer to the top, is not regulated by this rule
or this chapter.
(B) No
person shall install in any motor vehicle any glass or other material that
fails to conform to the specifications of this chapter.
(C) No used motor vehicle dealer or new motor
vehicle dealer, as defined in section
4517.01 of the Revised Code,
shall sell any motor vehicle that fails to conform to the specifications of
this chapter.
(D) No reflectorized
materials shall be permitted upon or in any front windshield, side windows,
sidewings or rear window.
(E) No
person shall operate on any highway or other public or private property open to
the public for vehicular travel or parking, lease, or rent any motor vehicle
that is required to be registered in this state that is equipped with privacy
drapes, louvers, curtains or blinds unless the drapes, louvers, curtains or
blinds are open and secure during vehicle operation.
(F) All motor vehicles, beginning with the
1990 model year, must be equipped with labels identifying sunscreening
material. All sunscreening material must indicate the manufacturer's name and
the percentage level of light transmission of the material permanently
installed between the material and the surface to which the material is applied
or affixed. Such label must be legible and must be placed in the lower
left-hand corner of the vehicle window when viewed from the outside.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4513.241
Rule Amplifies: 4513.241
Prior Effective Dates: 11/17/1988, 04/08/2004, 11/22/2014
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4513.241
Rule Amplifies: R.C. 4513.241
Prior Effective Dates: 11/17/88, 4/8/04
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