Bill Text: IL HB1254 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Litter Control Act. Provides that persons who violate the specified littering provision are subject to a mandatory minimum fine of $100.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1254 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1254-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Litter Control Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 8 as follows:
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6 | (415 ILCS 105/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-8)
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7 | Sec. 8. Persons who violate any of Sections 4 through 7 are | ||||||
8 | subject to the
penalties set out in this Section.
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9 | (a) Any person convicted of a violation of Section 4, 5, 6 | ||||||
10 | or 7 is
guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. A second conviction | ||||||
11 | for an offense
committed after the first conviction is a Class | ||||||
12 | A misdemeanor. A third or
subsequent violation, committed after | ||||||
13 | a second conviction is a Class 4
felony.
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14 | (b) In addition to any fine imposed under this Act, the | ||||||
15 | court may order
that the person convicted of such a violation | ||||||
16 | remove and properly dispose
of the litter, may employ special | ||||||
17 | bailiffs to supervise such removal and
disposal, and may tax | ||||||
18 | the costs of such supervision as costs against the
person so | ||||||
19 | convicted.
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20 | (c) The penalties prescribed in this Section are in | ||||||
21 | addition to, and not
in lieu of, any penalties, rights, | ||||||
22 | remedies, duties or liabilities
otherwise imposed or conferred | ||||||
23 | by law.
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1 | (d) An individual convicted of violating Section 4 or | ||||||
2 | Section 5 of this Act by disposing of litter upon a public | ||||||
3 | highway may, in addition to any other penalty, be required to | ||||||
4 | maintain litter control for 30 days over a designated portion | ||||||
5 | of that highway, including, at the discretion of the agency | ||||||
6 | having jurisdiction over the section of highway in question, | ||||||
7 | the site where the offense occurred, as provided in Section 50 | ||||||
8 | of the Illinois Adopt-A-Highway Act. | ||||||
9 | (e) A mandatory minimum fine of $100 must be imposed | ||||||
10 | against any person who is convicted of violating Section 5 of | ||||||
11 | this Act.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 94-1044, eff. 1-1-07.)
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