Actually California was sued, and lost, and has stopped collecting the fee
and is now in the process of giving it back, with interest.

The CA legislature was told the fee was illegal, by their own counsel, and
went ahead and imposed it anyway and fought the battle in court.  Why not?
They didn't have to pay the legal costs or the interest costs or the
repayment costs, the people of the state did and nothing was done to those
legislators who voted for it.

Mike
former CA DMV employee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Dorm" <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: Vanagons in hot climates

> >Even though it's
> >legal in one state I heard you could get busted if you just pass through
> >another where it's not legal.
>
> And thats a violation of interstate commerce, just like the law California
> had that made you pay 300 dollars extra to get you car registered in
> California from another state. When will somebody sue? How many more
people
> have to get cartaracts, skin cancer, macular degeneration just because a
few
> police lobbies in the nation want to see into a vehicle they stop....
>
> In Britain the people stopped have to get out of the car, while the police
> get to stay sitting... doubt that will happen here though, Americans would
> probably get run over and then there would be lawsuits
>
> >Ask a tint shop when you get there about the
> >law and brand of tint that's best.(prolly 3-M)
> >
>
> The best will be marketed as a high performance tint... look up
> www.solargard.com to see some specs listed so you'll have something to
> compare to.
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