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Bills would ban tinted or obscuring license-plate covers to preserve readability for officers and cameras
Summary
Representatives introduced bills to require license plate covers be non-tinted and not obscure characters, citing law-enforcement benefits from automated license-plate readers and rising vehicle theft and trafficking; supporters said the bills were vetted with the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Representatives Colin Wallenkamp and Aaron Crossley presented bills to require that license-plate covers be non-tinted and not obscure the characters, saying the change would help law enforcement and automated image-capture systems read plates.
"Under current law, it is completely legal for license plates to be rendered nearly impossible to read or track by law enforcement in our state," Representative Colin Wallenkamp said. He told the committee Missouri ranks high in vehicle theft and that automated license-plate…
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