HB2658 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2658

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Lance Yednock

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

415 ILCS 105/8

from Ch. 38, par. 86-8

Amends the Litter Control Act. Provides that any person convicted of dumping, depositing, dropping, throwing, discarding, or otherwise disposing of litter in any State park is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that a second or subsequent violation committed after the first conviction is a Class 4 felony.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Litter Control Act is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:

(415 ILCS 105/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-8)

Sec. 8. Persons who violate any of Sections 4 through 7 are subject to the penalties set out in this Section.

(a) Except as provided under subsection (f), any Any person convicted of a violation of Section 4, 5, 6 or 7 is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. A second conviction for an offense committed after the first conviction is a Class A misdemeanor. A third or subsequent violation, committed after a second conviction is a Class 4 felony.

(b) In addition to any fine imposed under this Act, the court may order that the person convicted of such a violation remove and properly dispose of the litter, may employ special bailiffs to supervise such removal and disposal, and may tax the costs of such supervision as costs against the person so convicted.

(c) The penalties prescribed in this Section are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any penalties, rights, remedies, duties or liabilities otherwise imposed or conferred by law.

(d) An individual convicted of violating Section 4 or Section 5 of this Act by disposing of litter upon a public highway may, in addition to any other penalty, be required to maintain litter control for 30 days over a designated portion of that highway, including, at the discretion of the agency having jurisdiction over the section of highway in question, the site where the offense occurred, as provided in Section 50 of the Illinois Adopt-A-Highway Act.

(e) A mandatory minimum fine of $50 must be imposed against any person who is convicted of violating Section 5 of this Act.

(f) Any person convicted of dumping, depositing, dropping, throwing, discarding, or otherwise disposing of litter in any State park is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation committed after the first conviction is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

(Source: P.A. 98-472, eff. 1-1-14.)