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HB4451 Enrolled |
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| AN ACT concerning litter control.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Litter Control Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 8 as follows:
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| (415 ILCS 105/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-8)
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| Sec. 8. Persons who violate any of Sections 4 through 7 are |
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| subject to the
penalties set out in this Section.
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| (a) Any person convicted of a violation of Section 4, 5, 6 |
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| or 7 is
guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. A second conviction |
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| for an offense
committed after the first conviction is a Class |
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| A misdemeanor. A third or
subsequent violation, committed after |
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| a second conviction is a Class 4
felony.
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| (b) In addition to any fine imposed under this Act, the |
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| court may order
that the person convicted of such a violation |
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| remove and properly dispose
of the litter, may employ special |
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| bailiffs to supervise such removal and
disposal, and may tax |
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| the costs of such supervision as costs against the
person so |
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| convicted.
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| (c) The penalties prescribed in this Section are in |
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| addition to, and not
in lieu of, any penalties, rights, |
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| remedies, duties or liabilities
otherwise imposed or conferred |
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| by law.
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| (d) An individual convicted of violating Section 4 or |
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| Section 5 of this Act by disposing of litter upon a public |
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| highway may, in addition to any other penalty, be required to |
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| maintain litter control for 30 days over a designated portion |
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| of that highway, including, at the discretion of the agency |
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| having jurisdiction over the section of highway in question, |
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| the site where the offense occurred, as provided in Section 50 |
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| of the Illinois Adopt-A-Highway Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-1410.)
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