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§1914
Title 29-A: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 17: EQUIPMENT
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1916

§1915. Windows

1.  Safety glass.  A motor vehicle must be equipped with safety glass wherever glass is used in partitions, doors, windows or windshields.  
"Safety glass" means a product composed of glass or of other materials, manufactured, fabricated or treated to prevent shattering and flying of broken glass.  
The Commissioner of Public Safety may maintain a list of the approved types of glass.  
Replacements of glass partitions, doors, windows or windshields must be made with safety glass.  
[PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]
2.  Window repairs.  When a window, other than the windshield, is broken, the operator may repair the window by temporarily replacing it with an opaque substance until there is a reasonable opportunity for replacement.  
[PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1993, c. 683, §A2 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 683, §B5 (AFF).
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