HP0370, LD 525, item 6, ‘An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Littering on Public Lands’

Amend the amendment by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:

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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:

‘An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Littering on Public Lands’

Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:

‘Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §2264-B, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2007, c. 651, §21, is further amended to read:

5. License suspension. Surrender the person's motor vehicle operator's license for a period not exceeding 30 days and the person's hunting and fishing licenses issued by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for a period of up to one year if the violation occurred in a state-owned wildlife management area as designated in Title 12, section 12708 or a wildlife sanctuary as designated in Title 12, section 12706. The court may suspend an operator's license for any violation of section 2264-A that involves the use of a motor vehicle.

Sec. 2. Review and evaluation of the litter control laws. The Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety shall review the State’s litter control laws regarding the dumping of waste material or unwanted objects on public and private property without the permission of the landowner, including, but not limited to, the history of those litter control laws, the effectiveness of those laws in preventing such dumping and the prosecutorial statistics for those responsible for such dumping. The committee shall determine changes needed to the litter control laws, in particular the penalty structure, to reduce the occurrence of people dumping waste material or unwanted objects on public and private property without the permission of the landowner, which has become more frequent, resulting in significant disposal costs for landowners and driving private landowners to post their property. The committee shall also seek to increase the rates of successful prosecution of those responsible for such dumping. The Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety may submit legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 124th Legislature regarding this matter.

summary

This is the Committee of Conference report. This amendment incorporates the provisions of Senate Amendment "A" regarding the removal of the court's authority to order the surrender of a hunting or fishing license. This amendment also adds language directing the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety to review the State's litter control laws regarding the dumping of waste material or unwanted objects on public and private property without the permission of the landowner. It directs that committee to determine changes needed to the State's litter control laws, in particular the penalty structure, to enhance the effectiveness of those laws in preventing the dumping of waste material or other unwanted objects on public and private property without the permission of the landowner, and to increase the successful prosecution of those responsible for such dumping. It authorizes the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety to submit legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 124th Legislature regarding this matter.

HP0370 LD 525	First Regular Session - 124th Maine Legislature CC "A" to C "A", Filing Number S-206 Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF		LR 1130 Item 6
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