 | Includes household or office furniture
and appliances and automotive parts.
 | First Offense - $500 to $1,000
fine and eight hours of community service. |
| Second Offense - $1,000 to $2,500
fine and 24 hours of community service. |
| Third and Subsequent Offenses -
$1,500 to $5,000 fine, one year suspension of driver's license, up to 30 days in prison,
or 48 to 100 hours of community service, or all or any combination thereof. |
| Judges may forgo the penalties for both
criminal littering offenses and require those convicted to remove litter from public lands
and highways for a prescribed period of time. |
|
| Unintentional Littering (Civil) |
| Includes litter blown out of a vehicle
or boat and careless disposal that results in litter due to the elements.
| First Offense - $50 fine or
perform 8 hours of community service. |
| Second and Subsequent Offenses -
$100 fine or 8 hours of community service. |
|
| Commercial Littering (Civil) |
| Includes commercial litter that is blown
or falls from a truck or vehicle and mud from tires.
| Each violation results in a $100 civil
penalty. |
| Defendant must pay for the cleanup of
the litter. |
| Fine includes repairing or restoring
property damage. |
| Those found guilty must also pay
reasonable investigative expenses and costs to the investigative agency. |
| Both civil littering offenses include
special court costs of $50 per violation. |
|
| Under all categories:
| There is an inference that litter thrown
from a vehicle, boat, or conveyance (except buses and large passenger vehicles) was
disposed of by the driver |
| There is an inference or presumption
that the person whose name appears on any item of litter is responsible for the disposal
of that litter. |
| All community service must be served in
a litter abasement work program. |
| Law enforcement officers do not have to
be present at the time of the offense if evidence establishes that the defendant has
committed the offense. |
|
| Litter does not include agricultural
products en route from the harvest or collection site to a processing or market site if
reasonable measures are taken to prevent the product from leaving the transporting
vehicle. |
| Litter also does not include recyclable
cardboard being transported in compressed bundles to processing facilities. |
| Effective June 16, 1998. |
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