Senate File 2089 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY LAMBERTI
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to littering and illegal discarding of solid
2 waste and increasing fines and penalties and making
3 appropriations.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.307A, subsection 3, Code 2005, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 3. A person who violates this section is subject to a
1 4 civil penalty not to exceed five hundred one thousand dollars
1 5 for each violation. Fifty percent of the revenue from the
1 6 penalty provided in this subsection shall be remitted to the
1 7 treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund of the
1 8 state and such moneys are appropriated to the state department
1 9 of transportation for purposes of the cleanup of litter and
1 10 illegally discarded solid waste.
1 11 Sec. 2. Section 602.8108, subsection 2, Code Supplement
1 12 2005, is amended to read as follows:
1 13 2. Except as otherwise provided, the clerk of the district
1 14 court shall report and submit to the state court
1 15 administrator, not later than the fifteenth day of each month,
1 16 the fines and fees received during the preceding calendar
1 17 month. Except as provided in subsections 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and
1 18 9, and 11, the state court administrator shall deposit the
1 19 amounts received with the treasurer of state for deposit in
1 20 the general fund of the state. The state court administrator
1 21 shall report to the legislative services agency within thirty
1 22 days of the beginning of each fiscal quarter the amount
1 23 received during the previous quarter in the account
1 24 established under this section.
1 25 Sec. 3. Section 602.8108, Code Supplement 2005, is amended
1 26 by adding the following new subsection:
1 27 NEW SUBSECTION. 11. The state court administrator shall
1 28 allocate fifty percent of all of the fines attributable to
1 29 littering citations issued pursuant to sections 321.369,
1 30 321.370, and 461A.43 to the treasurer of state for deposit in
1 31 the general fund of the state and such moneys are appropriated
1 32 to the state department of transportation for purposes of the
1 33 cleanup of litter and illegally discarded solid waste.
1 34 Sec. 4. Section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph d, Code
1 35 Supplement 2005, is amended to read as follows:
2 1 d. LITTER AND DEBRIS VIOLATIONS. For violations under
2 2 sections 321.369 and 321.370, the scheduled fine is thirty=
2 3 five seventy dollars.
2 4 Sec. 5. Section 805.8B, subsection 6, paragraph b, Code
2 5 2005, is amended to read as follows:
2 6 b. For violations under sections 461A.40, 461A.43,
2 7 461A.46, and 461A.49, the scheduled fine is fifteen dollars.
2 8 Sec. 6. Section 805.8B, subsection 6, Code 2005, is
2 9 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
2 10 NEW PARAGRAPH. e. For violations under section 461A.43,
2 11 the scheduled fine is thirty dollars.
2 12 EXPLANATION
2 13 This bill relates to littering and illegal discarding of
2 14 solid waste and increases fines and penalties and makes
2 15 appropriations.
2 16 The bill increases the maximum civil penalty for the
2 17 illegal discarding of solid waste from $500 to $1,000. The
2 18 bill increases the scheduled fines for littering and placing
2 19 debris on public highways from $35 to $70 and increases the
2 20 scheduled fine for littering in a state park or preserve from
2 21 $15 to $30.
2 22 The bill provides that 50 percent of fines and civil
2 23 penalties attributable to littering or illegal discarding of
2 24 solid waste shall be deposited in the general fund of the
2 25 state and shall be appropriated to the state department of
2 26 transportation for purposes of the cleanup of litter and
2 27 illegally discarded solid waste.
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