Bill Text: CT HB05189 | 2016 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Authorizing An Administrative Penalty For Certain Littering Violations And Requiring Certain Reports And Disclosures By Product Stewardship Organizations In The State.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-09 - Signed by the Governor [HB05189 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05189-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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February Session, 2016 |
LCO No. 2340 | ||
*02340HB05189ENV* | |||
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT INCREASING THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR LITTERING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 22a-250 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):
(b) (1) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than one [hundred ninety-nine] thousand dollars. One-half of any fine collected pursuant to this subsection shall be payable to the state and one-half of such fine shall be payable to the municipality in which the arrest was made unless the arrest was made by a conservation officer, special conservation officer or patrolman appointed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection under authority of section 26-5, in which case one-half of such fine shall be payable to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
(2) Whenever any person is convicted of a violation of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, the court shall, in addition to imposing the fine authorized by subdivision (1) of this subsection, impose a surcharge in an amount equal to fifty per cent of such fine. Any such surcharge collected pursuant to this subdivision shall be payable to the municipality in which the arrest was made unless the arrest was made by a conservation officer, special conservation officer or patrolman appointed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection under authority of section 26-5, in which case such surcharge shall be payable to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
(3) When any such material or substances are thrown, blown, scattered or spilled from a vehicle, the operator thereof shall be deemed prima facie to have committed such offense.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2016 |
22a-250(b) |
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the maximum penalty for illegal littering from one hundred ninety-nine dollars to one thousand dollars.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist.; REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist. SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; REP. MEGNA, 97th Dist. REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist. |