Senate File 2122
SENATE FILE
BY LUNDBY
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to littering or placing debris on a public
2 highway or state parkland, increasing fines, and establishing
3 a fund.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 12.67 LITTERING REWARDS FUND.
1 2 A littering rewards fund is established in the state
1 3 treasury, to be administered by the treasurer of state. The
1 4 fund shall consist of moneys allocated to the fund pursuant to
1 5 section 602.8108, subsection 7. Moneys in the fund shall be
1 6 used to provide rewards to persons who report the crimes of
1 7 littering and placing debris on a public highway or in a state
1 8 park. A reward of one hundred dollars shall be paid from the
1 9 moneys in the fund to any person who provides information to a
1 10 law enforcement agency which subsequently leads to the
1 11 conviction of an offender under section 321.369, 321.370, or
1 12 461A.43. In order to receive the reward, a person who
1 13 provides information which leads to the conviction of an
1 14 offender under section 321.369, 321.370, or 461A.43 shall
1 15 provide the treasurer of state a certified document from the
1 16 law enforcement agency stating the person provided information
1 17 which led to the conviction and a certified copy of the court
1 18 order relating to the offender's conviction.
1 19 Sec. 2. Section 602.8108, subsection 2, Code Supplement
1 20 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 21 2. Except as otherwise provided, the clerk of the district
1 22 court shall report and submit to the state court
1 23 administrator, not later than the fifteenth day of each month,
1 24 the fines and fees received during the preceding calendar
1 25 month. Except as provided in subsections 4, and 5, and 7, the
1 26 state court administrator shall deposit the amounts received
1 27 with the treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund of
1 28 the state. The state court administrator shall report to the
1 29 legislative services agency within thirty days of the
1 30 beginning of each fiscal quarter the amount received during
1 31 the previous quarter in the account established under this
1 32 section.
1 33 Sec. 3. Section 602.8108, Code Supplement 2003, is amended
1 34 by adding the following new subsection:
1 35 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. The state court administrator shall
2 1 allocate twenty=five percent of all of the fines attributable
2 2 to littering citations issued pursuant to sections 321.369,
2 3 321.370, and 461A.43 to the treasurer of state for deposit in
2 4 the littering rewards fund established in section 12.67.
2 5 Sec. 4. Section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph d, Code
2 6 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
2 7 d. LITTER AND DEBRIS VIOLATIONS. For violations under
2 8 sections 321.369 and 321.370, the scheduled fine is thirty=
2 9 five five hundred dollars.
2 10 Sec. 5. Section 805.8B, subsection 6, paragraph b, Code
2 11 2003, is amended to read as follows:
2 12 b. For violations under sections 461A.40, 461A.43,
2 13 461A.46, and 461A.49, the scheduled fine is fifteen dollars.
2 14 Sec. 6. Section 805.8B, subsection 6, Code 2003, is
2 15 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
2 16 NEW PARAGRAPH. e. For violations under section 461A.43,
2 17 the scheduled fine is five hundred dollars.
2 18 EXPLANATION
2 19 This bill relates to littering or placing debris on a
2 20 public highway or state parkland and establishes a fund.
2 21 The bill raises the scheduled fine for littering or placing
2 22 debris on a public highway from $35 to $500. The bill also
2 23 raises the scheduled fine for littering in a state park from
2 24 $15 to $500.
2 25 The bill provides that 25 percent of all fines attributable
2 26 to littering or placing debris citations issued pursuant to
2 27 Code sections 321.369, 321.370, and 461A.43 shall be deposited
2 28 in the littering rewards fund established in the office of the
2 29 state treasurer. A person who reports littering or placing
2 30 debris on a public highway or in a state park which
2 31 subsequently leads to the conviction of an offender under Code
2 32 section 321.369, 321.370, or 461A.43 shall receive a reward of
2 33 $100 from the moneys in the fund. In order to receive the
2 34 reward, a person who provides information which leads to the
2 35 conviction of an offender under Code section 321.369, 321.370,
3 1 or 461A.43 shall provide the treasurer of state a certified
3 2 document from the law enforcement agency stating the person
3 3 provided information which led to the conviction and a
3 4 certified copy of the court order relating to the offender's
3 5 conviction.
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