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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0130 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000487 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LITTER CONTROL AND |
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| 16 | 16 | | RECYCLING |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, Tikoian, Dimitri, Thompson, Paolino, Burke, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sosnowski, Felag, LaMountain, and Britto |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: January 31, 2025 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: Senate Judiciary |
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| 23 | 23 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. Section 37-15-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 37-15 entitled "Litter Control 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | and Recycling" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 37-15-7. Penalties. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) Any person convicted of a first violation of this chapter shall, except where a penalty is 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | specifically set forth, be subject to a fine of not less than eighty-five dollars ($85.00) two hundred 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | dollars ($200), nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). In addition to, or in lieu of, the fine 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | imposed hereunder, the person so convicted may be ordered to pick up litter for not less than two 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) twenty (20), nor more than twenty-five (25) forty (40), hours. 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) Any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this chapter shall, except 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | where a penalty is specifically set forth, be subject to a fine of not less than three hundred dollars 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ($300), nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). In addition to, or in lieu of, the fine imposed 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | upon a second or subsequent violation of this chapter, the person so convicted may be ordered to 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | pick up litter for not less than four (4) twenty (20), nor more than fifty (50), hours. 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (c) Jurisdiction to punish violators of the provisions of this chapter is conferred on the 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | traffic tribunal. 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (d) Any person convicted of a violation of this chapter shall, in addition to all other 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | penalties, be liable for the removal of all litter or ordered to pay restitution for the cost of removal 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | of all litter illegally disposed of by that person. The traffic tribunal may hold the registration of any 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | LC000487 - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 45 | 45 | | vehicle owned by the violator and used in the act of littering until the aforementioned liability is 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | satisfied. 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (e) The funds received by a state law enforcement agency shall be deposited as general 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | revenues; provided, however, that thirty percent (30%) of any fine collected pursuant to a complaint 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | filed by a local law enforcement agency shall inure to the benefit of that agency, with remittances 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | to be made not less often than once every three (3) months. 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (f) Penalties of eighty-five dollars ($85.00) two hundred dollars ($200) for violations of 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | this section may be disposed of without the necessity of personally appearing before the traffic 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | tribunal. Said penalty may be handled administratively by mailing a check or money order, together 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | with the properly executed form provided, to the appropriate address as set forth in the summons 10 |
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| 55 | 55 | | issued by the enforcing agent. 11 |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 12 |
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| 62 | 62 | | LC000487 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 64 | 64 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 65 | 65 | | OF |
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| 66 | 66 | | A N A C T |
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| 67 | 67 | | RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- LITTER CONTROL AND |
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| 68 | 68 | | RECYCLING |
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| 69 | 69 | | *** |
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| 70 | 70 | | This act would change the fine for any person convicted of a first violation of this chapter 1 |
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| 71 | 71 | | from eighty-five dollars ($85.00) to two hundred dollars ($200), and increase the period of time 2 |
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| 72 | 72 | | that the violator may be ordered to pick up litter from not less than two (2), nor more than twenty-3 |
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| 73 | 73 | | five (25) hours to not less than twenty (20), nor more than forty (40) hours. For a second or 4 |
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| 74 | 74 | | subsequent violation the period is increased from not less than four (4), nor more than fifty (50) 5 |
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| 75 | 75 | | hours to not less than twenty (20) nor more than fifty (50) hours. 6 |
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| 76 | 76 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 7 |
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