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House File 207

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455B.307A, subsections 2 and 3, Code
  1  2 1997, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  A person shall not discard or direct another person to
  1  4 discard solid waste onto or in any water or land of the state,
  1  5 onto private property, or into areas or receptacles provided
  1  6 for such purposes which are under the control of or used by a
  1  7 person who has not authorized the use of the receptacle by the
  1  8 person discarding or directing the discarding of the solid
  1  9 waste.
  1 10    3.  A person who violates this section is subject to a
  1 11 civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each
  1 12 violation commits an aggravated misdemeanor.  All payments of
  1 13 fines imposed for a violation of this section shall be
  1 14 distributed to the county in which the violation occurred,
  1 15 notwithstanding sections 602.8106 and 602.8108.  
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill amends Code section 455B.307A which currently
  1 18 prohibits the discarding of solid waste onto or in any water
  1 19 or land of the state, or the unauthorized discarding of solid
  1 20 waste into other areas or receptacles.  Under the current law,
  1 21 a person violating the section is subject to a civil penalty
  1 22 for each violation.
  1 23    The bill adds private property as a location on which solid
  1 24 waste shall not be discarded.  The bill provides that a person
  1 25 who violates the section or a person who directs another
  1 26 person to violate the section commits an aggravated
  1 27 misdemeanor.  The bill provides that fines are to be paid to
  1 28 the counties in which the violations occur.  
  1 29 LSB 2097HH 77
  1 30 tm/cf/24
     

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