Window Tint License Plate IL
You're right: there's a new license plate in Illinois designated with a "WT" at the end, which notes that you're permitted to have tint per a medical condition. (Edit: Mike beat me to it. 
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In related news, HB3325 passed the house recently, and is currently being considered in the senate. Essentially, if this passes (it's already through the senate transportation committee, and the votes suggest there is zero opposition to this), you can go one of three ways:
)In related news, HB3325 passed the house recently, and is currently being considered in the senate. Essentially, if this passes (it's already through the senate transportation committee, and the votes suggest there is zero opposition to this), you can go one of three ways:
- Same as today: nothing up front, dark as you want in the back
- Up to 50% (+/- 5%) in the front, and up to 30% (+/- 5%) in the back
- Up to 35% all around.
I thought I was pretty clear above, but: under this proposed amendment, if you want to go to 35% up front, you'll have to restrict yourself to 35% in the rear as well. If you can restrict yourself to 50% in the front, you can go as dark as 30% in the rear. (Or, of course, you can just have what the law is today: nothing up front, and black spray paint on the back windows. )
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Provides that is a petty offense for an installer who installs window treatment for a person with medical condition to fail to obtain and store a copy of a doctor's certificate or letter from the person with medical condition in the installer's permanent records.
So basically, the state will be coming down harder on shops that install tint that don't have records of the medical conditions of their customers. This tinted window film amendment has absolutely nothing to do with making our state suck any less than it currently does.
Incorrect, at least in my reading of the amendment.
It's a nice introduction, but it gets better when you get to the details.
The section you quoted is additional enforcement for the medical condition section (paragraph G) that was already there (and remains); if you have a medical condition, none of this applies, and how you tint your car is basically between you and your doctor. If you want something beyond the 0/100, 50/30, or 35/35 front/frear exceptions spelled out in paragraph A, expect that the shop that does the install will be asking for a copy of your medical note.
But for folks like us without a medical condition, we now have options available under paragraph A. Read the full text of the amendment if you're convinced I'm wrong, but paragraph G (the section on medical conditions) is pretty clear that paragraph A's exceptions apply to everyone but those with a covered condition (or those who live with them).
Originally Posted by Amendment to House Bill 3255
The purpose of this Act is to allow drivers or passengers of motor vehicles to protect themselves from skin cancer, while at the same time to protect the environment from the harmful emissions created by the excessive and unnecessary use of vehicle air-conditioning systems.
The section you quoted is additional enforcement for the medical condition section (paragraph G) that was already there (and remains); if you have a medical condition, none of this applies, and how you tint your car is basically between you and your doctor. If you want something beyond the 0/100, 50/30, or 35/35 front/frear exceptions spelled out in paragraph A, expect that the shop that does the install will be asking for a copy of your medical note.
But for folks like us without a medical condition, we now have options available under paragraph A. Read the full text of the amendment if you're convinced I'm wrong, but paragraph G (the section on medical conditions) is pretty clear that paragraph A's exceptions apply to everyone but those with a covered condition (or those who live with them).
Our state is getting S---tier and S---tier every year.
aside from our outrageous gas prices, home prices, cig taxes, property taxes, gun bans, high insurance rates, crappy roads, crooked politicians, this is a good place to live. HA
aside from our outrageous gas prices, home prices, cig taxes, property taxes, gun bans, high insurance rates, crappy roads, crooked politicians, this is a good place to live. HA
Update on HB3325: it had it's second reading in the Senate, had an amendment made, and was referred back to the Transportation subcommittee. The TC hearing is happening as I write this (scheduled for 11:40AM this morning), which means it will could end up back on the Senate floor pretty quickly.
In case anyone is worried, it looks like the amendment text doesn't change things too substantially; it appears to just be improved wording and organization for the most part, and the same basic rules seem to apply: 50% front/30% rear, 35% all around, or 0% front/100% rear. Although, they've called out manufacturer-applied front tinting (up to 50%) on trucks as being specifically permitted for some reason; seems a little weird, since the 50%/30% rule already would seem to cover it.
They also cleaned up the language regarding special WT plates; if you have them, you're excempt from the restrictions entirely, and it's unambiguous now. A piece of good news in the amended version for installers is that they no longer have to keep a copy of the doctor's certified statement on file: as long as the driver already has WT plates on the car, that appears to be good enough. A good thing from a privacy perspective, at the very least.
I didn't notice this previously, but the bill also notes that selling a car to someone with tint that violates the bill doesn't create grounds for the buyer to sue. So if you sell a car with 80% tint all around, they can't come back after you if they get a ticket three miles down the road.
In general, this is turning out very well, IMHO.
In case anyone is worried, it looks like the amendment text doesn't change things too substantially; it appears to just be improved wording and organization for the most part, and the same basic rules seem to apply: 50% front/30% rear, 35% all around, or 0% front/100% rear. Although, they've called out manufacturer-applied front tinting (up to 50%) on trucks as being specifically permitted for some reason; seems a little weird, since the 50%/30% rule already would seem to cover it.
They also cleaned up the language regarding special WT plates; if you have them, you're excempt from the restrictions entirely, and it's unambiguous now. A piece of good news in the amended version for installers is that they no longer have to keep a copy of the doctor's certified statement on file: as long as the driver already has WT plates on the car, that appears to be good enough. A good thing from a privacy perspective, at the very least.
I didn't notice this previously, but the bill also notes that selling a car to someone with tint that violates the bill doesn't create grounds for the buyer to sue. So if you sell a car with 80% tint all around, they can't come back after you if they get a ticket three miles down the road.
In general, this is turning out very well, IMHO.