Effective August 1, 2010
Creates a misdemeanor crime for selling or using on an motor vehicle, windows or windshields that are composed of, covered by or treated with illegal tints and for applying or offering to apply, as part of a business transaction, illegal tints to motor vehicle windows or windshields.
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CHAPTER 304–S.F.No. 2370
An actrelating to motor vehicles; prohibiting sale of illegally tinted motor
vehicle windows;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 169.71, by adding
a subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 169.71, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:
Subd. 5. Glazing material; prohibitions on sale. (a) No person shall sell or offer
for sale or use on any motor vehicle, windows or windshields that are composed of,
covered by, or treated with material that fails to comply with the provisions of subdivision
4. No person shall apply or offer to apply, as part of a business transaction, material
to motor vehicle windows or windshields that fails to comply with the provisions of
subdivision 4.
(b) Violation of this subdivision is a misdemeanor.
(c) This subdivision does not apply to sale or offers for sale of a motor vehicle
containing windows or windshields composed of, covered by, or treated with material that
fails to comply with the provisions of subdivision 4.
Presented to the governor May 7, 2010
Signed by the governor May 11, 2010, 10:48 a.m.