Sec.14-99g-5. Compliance sticker requirements. Instructions

(a) The manufacturer shall submit to the commissioner, for approval, a sample of a compliance sticker used in the identification and certification of compliance of each type of sunscreening material submitted in accordance with Section 14-99g-4.

(b) Each compliance sticker shall have on its face side a pressure sensitive adhesive and opaque lettering, as provided in subsection (c) of this section, affixed on a contrasting colored background of any color except that of light yellow. The sticker shall be designed to be self-destructive, and to display either the word "VOID" or some other clearly visible indicia of removal, if such sticker is removed after application to a surface.

(c) Each compliance sticker shall have the following information imprinted thereon:

(1) The manufacturer's name or trademark;

(2) A sticker registration number assigned by the commissioner;

(3) A statement of compliance with "DMV Reg. Sec. 14-99g-5" or equivalent; and

(4) The word "REAR ONLY" when supplied with any sunscreening material which, when combined with the vehicle glazing, would be suitable only for use on the rearmost window, pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (c) of Section 14-99g-2.

(d) Each compliance sticker shall be designed to be legible, after application to a sunscreening material, to a person who has a visual acuity of no worse than 20/40 (Snellen), corrected or uncorrected, from the outside of the vehicle when viewed from a distance of three (3) feet from the outside surface of the glazing, approximately perpendicular to the glazing surface. A light transmittance of thirty-two percent (32%) or higher through the window, as measured in accordance with the inspection standards, shall be conclusive evidence of legibility.

(e) Each sticker shall be one (1) square inch in area and square or rectangular with a dimension of no more than one and six tenths inches (1.6″) along its longest side.

(f) Each manufacturer shall also submit to the commissioner a copy of all instructions supplied with its sunscreening material. Such instructions shall indicate that the adhesive face of a compliance sticker shall be applied to the interior surface of the sunscreening material at the lower left corner as viewed from outside the vehicle.

(Effective April 30, 1997)