Legislation Document

SPONSOR:	Rep. Michael Smith & Rep. Hensley & Sen. Hansen & Sen. Sokola
Reps. Baumbach, Brady, Briggs King, Collins, Dukes, Gray, Osienski, Ramone, Seigfried, D. Short, Shupe, Spiegelman; Sens. Delcollo, Ennis, Hocker

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

150th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 179

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LITTER CONTROL PENALTIES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 1605, Title 16 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 1605. Penalties; jurisdiction; voluntary assessment form.

(a) Any person found guilty of violating this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 $100 and up to 8 hours of community service for a first offense and $75 $150 and up to 25 hours of community service for a second offense within 2 years. If the offense occurred on or along a "Delaware byway,'' as defined in § 101 of Title 17, an additional mandatory penalty of $500 $750 must be imposed for every first, second, and subsequent offense, in addition to the fine. In addition, any person found guilty of violating this chapter shall, at the discretion of the Court, be required to pick up and remove from any public street, highway or public or private right-of-way, or public beach, stream, bank or public park any and all litter deposited thereon by anyone prior to the date of execution of sentence.