Senate Bill sb1774c1

    Florida Senate - 2005                           CS for SB 1774

    By the Committee on Government Efficiency Appropriations; and
    Senator Rich




    593-1904-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Litter Law;

  3         amending s. 403.413, F.S.; increasing the fine

  4         for a noncriminal infraction of the Florida

  5         Litter Law from $50 to $100; dedicating a

  6         portion of the increase to the Solid Waste

  7         Management Trust Fund; providing a use for such

  8         funds; providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section

13  403.413, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         403.413  Florida Litter Law.--

15         (6)  PENALTIES; ENFORCEMENT.--

16         (a)  Any person who dumps litter in violation of

17  subsection (4) in an amount not exceeding 15 pounds in weight

18  or 27 cubic feet in volume and not for commercial purposes is

19  guilty of a noncriminal infraction, punishable by a civil

20  penalty of $100, from which $50 shall be deposited into the

21  Solid Waste Management Trust Fund to be used for the solid

22  waste management grant program pursuant to s. 403.7095 $50. In

23  addition, the court may require the violator to pick up litter

24  or perform other labor commensurate with the offense

25  committed.

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                           CS for SB 1774
    593-1904-05




 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 2                             SB 1774

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 4  The committee substitute provides that the $50 increase in the
    litter fine shall be deposited into the Solid Waste Management
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