§ 27-37-301 - Safety glass mandatory.
27-37-301. Safety glass mandatory.
(a) No person shall sell any new motor vehicle nor shall any new motor vehicle be registered which is designed or used for the purpose of transporting passengers for compensation or as a school bus unless the vehicle is equipped with safety glass wherever glass is used in doors, windows, and windshields.
(b) (1) No person shall sell any new motor vehicle unless the vehicle is equipped with safety glass wherever glass is used in the doors, windows, and windshields.
(2) No person shall replace glass in any motor vehicle in the doors, windows, and windshields other than with safety glass.
(c) The term "safety glass" shall mean any product composed of glass, so manufactured, fabricated, or treated as to substantially prevent shattering and flying glass when struck or broken, or other similar products as may be approved by the State Highway Commission.
(d) (1) The commission shall compile and publish a list of types of glass by name approved by it as meeting the requirements of this section.
(2) The commission shall not register any motor vehicle which is subject to the provisions of this section unless it is equipped with an approved type of safety glass.
(3) The commission shall suspend the registration of any motor vehicle so subject to this section which it finds is not so equipped until it is made to conform to the requirements of this section.