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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.307A, subsections 2 and 3, Code 1 2 2001, 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 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. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by 1 28 confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least 1 29 $500 but not more than $5,000. The bill provides that fines 1 30 are to be paid to the counties in which the violations occur. 1 31 LSB 1814YH 79 1 32 tm/gg/8
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