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House Study Bill 506

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  455D.22  VIOLATIONS.
  1  2    1.  The commission or the director may issue any order
  1  3 necessary to secure compliance with or prevent a violation of
  1  4 a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this
  1  5 chapter.  The attorney general shall, upon request by the
  1  6 department, institute any civil or criminal legal proceeding
  1  7 necessary to obtain compliance with an order of the commission
  1  8 or director or to prosecute a person for a violation of a
  1  9 provision of this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to this
  1 10 chapter.
  1 11    2.  Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, a person who
  1 12 violates a provision of this chapter, a rule adopted pursuant
  1 13 to this chapter, or a condition of a permit or order issued
  1 14 pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty
  1 15 not to exceed five thousand dollars for each day of such
  1 16 violation.  
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill relates to the enforcement of the provisions of
  1 19 Code chapter 455D and provides a civil penalty.  Code chapter
  1 20 455D relates to waste volume reduction and recycling issues.
  1 21    The bill provides that the environmental protection
  1 22 commission or the director of the department of natural
  1 23 resources may issue any order necessary to secure compliance
  1 24 with or prevent a violation of a provision of Code chapter
  1 25 455D or a rule adopted pursuant to Code chapter 455D.  The
  1 26 bill requires the attorney general, upon request by the
  1 27 department, to institute any civil or criminal legal
  1 28 proceeding necessary to obtain compliance with an order of the
  1 29 commission or director or to prosecute a person for a
  1 30 violation of a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted
  1 31 pursuant to this chapter.
  1 32    The bill provides that, unless otherwise provided, a person
  1 33 who violates a provision of Code chapter 455D, a rule adopted
  1 34 pursuant to Code chapter 455D, or a condition of a permit or
  1 35 order issued pursuant to Code chapter 455D shall be subject to
  2  1 a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for each day of such
  2  2 violation.  
  2  3 LSB 5140HC 80
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