HP0401, LD 544, item 2, ‘An Act Regarding Tobacco Product Waste’

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

‘An Act Regarding Tobacco Product Waste’

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

‘Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §2263, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1995, c. 667, Pt. A, §37, is further amended to read:

2. Litter. "Litter" means all waste materials including, but not limited to, bottles, glass, crockery, cans, scrap metal, junk, paper, garbage, rubbish, offal, except waste parts or remains resulting from the normal field dressing of lawfully harvested wild game or the lawful use of waste parts or remains of wild game as bait, feathers, except feathers from live birds while being transported, abandoned ice-fishing shacks, old automobiles or parts of automobiles or similar refuse, or disposable packages or containers thrown or deposited as prohibited in this chapter, but not including the wastes of the primary processes of mining, logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing. "Litter" includes waste materials resulting from or associated with the use of tobacco products, including, but not limited to, cigarette butts.

For the purposes of this subsection, "tobacco product" has the same meaning as in Title 22, section 1551, subsection 3.’

Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.

summary

This amendment changes the title of and replaces the bill, which is a concept draft. It amends the State's litter laws, to clarify that waste materials resulting from or associated with the use of tobacco products, including, but not limited to, cigarette butts, constitute litter under the law.

HP0401 LD 544	Session - 129th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number H-756, Sponsored by		LR 263 Item 2
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