PRINTER'S NO. 1441
No. 1253 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY HASAY, GEORGE, SERAFINI, FEE AND DOMBROWSKI,
APRIL 19, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 19, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, increasing the penalty for scattering
3 rubbish.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6501 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6501. Scattering rubbish.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of an offense if
10 he:
11 (1) throws any waste paper, sweepings, ashes, household
12 waste, glass, metal, refuse or rubbish, or any dangerous or
13 detrimental substance into or upon any road, street, highway,
14 or alley, or upon the land of another or into or upon any
15 stream or navigable river;
16 (2) interferes with, scatters[,] or disturbs the
17 contents of any receptacle containing ashes, garbage,
18 household waste, or rubbish; or
1 (3) is the operator of a trash, garbage or debris
2 collection vehicle or any other type of vehicle used for
3 collecting trash, garbage or debris and deposits the
4 vehicle's load or any part thereof upon any road, street,
5 highway or alley or upon the land of another.
6 (b) Penalty.--
7 (1) A person who violates subsection (a)(1) or (2) [is
8 guilty of] with less than 20 gallons of material prohibited
9 by this section commits a summary offense and, upon
10 conviction [thereof], shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not
11 less than [$10] $50 nor more than [$300] $1,000 or to
12 imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
13 (2) A person who violates subsection (a)(1) or (2) with
14 more than 20 gallons of material prohibited by this section
15 or with a container with a capacity of 20 gallons or more
16 containing material prohibited by this section commits a
17 misdemeanor of the third degree.
18 [(2)] (3) A person who violates subsection (a)(3) [is
19 guilty of] commits a misdemeanor of the third degree for the
20 first offense, a misdemeanor of the second degree for the
21 second offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree for the
22 third or any subsequent offense.
23 (c) Disposition of fines.--(Repealed).
24 (d) Exception.--Subsection (a)(3) does not apply to the
25 lawful depositing of waste at any site regulated by the
26 Department of Environmental Resources.
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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