House File 524 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY PETTENGILL, LUKAN,
SODERBERG, D. OLSON,
WESSEL=KROESCHELL, and MAY
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to litter control, increasing the fines for
2 scheduled violations, and appropriating funds to counties and
3 the keep Iowa beautiful fund.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 314.28, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
1 2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 A keep Iowa beautiful fund is created in the office of the
1 4 treasurer of state. The fund is composed of moneys
1 5 appropriated or available to and obtained or accepted by the
1 6 treasurer of state for deposit in the fund. The fund shall
1 7 include moneys transferred to the fund as provided in section
1 8 422.12A and moneys remitted by the state court administrator
1 9 from scheduled fines pursuant to section 602.8108, subsection
1 10 9. All interest earned on moneys in the fund shall be
1 11 credited to and remain in the fund. Section 8.33 does not
1 12 apply to moneys in the fund.
1 13 Sec. 2. Section 321.253, Code 2005, is amended to read as
1 14 follows:
1 15 321.253 DEPARTMENT TO ERECT SIGNS.
1 16 1. The department shall place and maintain such traffic=
1 17 control devices, conforming to its manual and specifications,
1 18 upon all primary highways as it shall deem deems necessary to
1 19 indicate and to carry out the provisions of this chapter or to
1 20 regulate, warn, or guide traffic. Whenever practical, said
1 21 the devices or signs shall be purchased from the director of
1 22 the Iowa department of corrections.
1 23 2. The department shall post signs informing motorists
1 24 that the scheduled fine for committing a moving traffic
1 25 violation in a road work zone is doubled.
1 26 3. The department shall post signs along all interstate
1 27 and primary highways in the state informing motorists of the
1 28 fine for littering in violation of section 321.369 or 321.370.
1 29 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 350.13 HIGHWAY LITTER PREVENTION
1 30 AND CONTROL FUND.
1 31 The board of supervisors of each county shall establish a
1 32 highway litter prevention and control fund for the county.
1 33 The fund shall consist of moneys remitted by the state court
1 34 administrator pursuant to section 602.8108, subsection 9. The
1 35 moneys in the fund shall be appropriated to the county
2 1 conservation board to be used for programs and projects
2 2 coordinated by the county conservation board that do at least
2 3 one of the following:
2 4 1. Promote public awareness of problems associated with
2 5 litter, including but not limited to, the economic costs of
2 6 cleanup, environmental damage, and safety issues.
2 7 2. Encourage preemptive efforts to control litter.
2 8 3. Facilitate the cleanup of litter along primary or
2 9 secondary road rights=of=way within the county.
2 10 Sec. 4. Section 602.8108, subsection 2, Code 2005, is
2 11 amended to read as follows:
2 12 2. Except as otherwise provided, the clerk of the district
2 13 court shall report and submit to the state court
2 14 administrator, not later than the fifteenth day of each month,
2 15 the fines and fees received during the preceding calendar
2 16 month. Except as provided in subsections 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8,
2 17 and 9, the state court administrator shall deposit the amounts
2 18 received with the treasurer of state for deposit in the
2 19 general fund of the state. The state court administrator
2 20 shall report to the legislative services agency within thirty
2 21 days of the beginning of each fiscal quarter the amount
2 22 received during the previous quarter in the account
2 23 established under this section.
2 24 Sec. 5. Section 602.8108, Code 2005, is amended by adding
2 25 the following new subsection:
2 26 NEW SUBSECTION. 9. The state court administrator shall
2 27 remit fifty percent of moneys collected from fines for
2 28 scheduled violations pursuant to section 805.8A, subsection
2 29 14, paragraph "d", to the treasurer of state for deposit in
2 30 the keep Iowa beautiful fund and the remainder to the county
2 31 where the citation was issued for deposit in the county's
2 32 highway litter prevention and control fund.
2 33 Sec. 6. Section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph d, Code
2 34 2005, is amended to read as follows:
2 35 d. LITTER AND DEBRIS VIOLATIONS. For violations under
3 1 sections 321.369 and 321.370, the scheduled fine is thirty=
3 2 five one hundred dollars.
3 3 Sec. 7. Section 805.8B, subsection 6, paragraph b, Code
3 4 2005, is amended to read as follows:
3 5 b. For violations under sections 461A.40, 461A.43,
3 6 461A.46, and 461A.49, the scheduled fine is fifteen dollars.
3 7 Sec. 8. Section 805.8B, subsection 6, Code 2005, is
3 8 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
3 9 NEW PARAGRAPH. e. For violations of section 461A.43, the
3 10 scheduled fine is thirty dollars.
3 11 EXPLANATION
3 12 This bill increases the scheduled fine for littering in
3 13 state parks and preserves from $15 to $30. The fine for
3 14 littering on a highway or leaving destructive or injurious
3 15 material on a highway is increased from $35 to $100. The
3 16 state department of transportation is required to post signs
3 17 along all interstate and primary highways informing motorists
3 18 of the fine for littering on the highway.
3 19 The bill requires the county board of supervisors in each
3 20 county to establish a litter prevention and control fund.
3 21 Moneys in the fund are to be appropriated for programs and
3 22 projects coordinated by the county conservation board that
3 23 promote public awareness of problems associated with litter,
3 24 encourage prevention efforts, or facilitate litter cleanup
3 25 along primary or secondary roads in the county.
3 26 The bill directs the state court administrator to remit
3 27 half of scheduled fines collected from highway littering
3 28 violations to the county where the citation was issued for
3 29 deposit in the highway litter prevention and control fund and
3 30 the remaining half to the treasurer of state for deposit in
3 31 the keep Iowa beautiful fund administered by the state
3 32 department of transportation.
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