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PAG LIN 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 sectionis subject to a1 11civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each1 12violationcommits a serious misdemeanor and, notwithstanding 1 13 section 903.1, the maximum fine shall be five hundred dollars 1 14 in addition to the costs associated with the cleanup of the 1 15 violation. All payments of fines and costs imposed for a 1 16 violation of this section shall be distributed to the county 1 17 in which the violation occurred, notwithstanding sections 1 18 602.8106 and 602.8108. 1 19 EXPLANATION 1 20 This bill amends Code section 455B.307A which currently 1 21 prohibits the discarding of solid waste onto or in any water 1 22 or land of the state, or the unauthorized discarding of solid 1 23 waste into other areas or receptacles. Under the current law, 1 24 a person violating the section is subject to a civil penalty 1 25 for each violation. 1 26 The bill adds private property as a location on which solid 1 27 waste shall not be discarded. The bill provides that a person 1 28 who violates the section or a person who directs another 1 29 person to violate the section commits a serious misdemeanor 1 30 punishable by a fine of $500 in addition to the costs 1 31 associated with the cleanup of the violation. The bill 1 32 provides that fines and costs are to be paid to the counties 1 33 in which the violations occur. 1 34 LSB 3629HC 77 1 35 tm/cf/24
Text: HSB00603 Text: HSB00605 Text: HSB00600 - HSB00699 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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