Bill Text: CT HB05387 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Fine For The Subsequent Illegal Dumping Of Litter.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-28 - Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Judiciary [HB05387 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05387-Comm_Sub.html
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AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FINE FOR THE SUBSEQUENT ILLEGAL DUMPING OF LITTER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 22a-250 of the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(a) No person shall throw, scatter, spill or place or cause to be blown, scattered, spilled, thrown or placed, or otherwise dispose of any litter (1) upon any public property in the state, (2) upon any public land in the state, (3) upon any private property in this state not owned by such person, or (4) in the waters of this state, including, but not limited to, any public highway, public park, beach, campground, forest land, recreational area, mobile manufactured home park, highway, road, street or alley except: (A) When such property is designated by the state or any political subdivision thereof for the disposal of garbage and refuse, and such person is authorized to use such property for such purpose; or (B) into a litter receptacle in such a manner that the litter will be prevented from being carried away or deposited by the elements upon any part of said private or public property or waters. For the purposes of this subsection, "public land" means a state park, state forest or municipal park or any other publicly-owned land that is open to the public for active or passive recreation.
(b) (1) (A) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred ninety-nine dollars for the first offense; and (B) any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section on a second or subsequent occasion shall be fined not more than five hundred 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 Environmental Protection under authority of section 26-5, in which case one-half of such fine shall be payable to the Department of 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 Environmental Protection under authority of section 26-5, in which case such surcharge shall be payable to the Department of 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, 2011 |
22a-250(a) and (b) |
ENV |
Joint Favorable Subst. C/R |
JUD |