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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3243 Introduced , by Rep. Deborah Mell SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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415 ILCS 105/3 | from Ch. 38, par. 86-3 |
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Amends the Litter Control Act. Changes the definition of "litter" to include cigarettes.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB3243 | | LRB098 07726 MGM 37803 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Litter Control Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (415 ILCS 105/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-3)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise |
| 8 | | requires:
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| 9 | | (a) "Litter" means any discarded, used or unconsumed |
| 10 | | substance or waste.
"Litter" may include, but is not limited |
| 11 | | to, any garbage, trash, refuse, cigarettes,
debris, rubbish, |
| 12 | | grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste, newspaper,
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| 13 | | magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or other |
| 14 | | packaging
construction material, abandoned vehicle (as defined |
| 15 | | in
the Illinois Vehicle Code), motor vehicle parts, furniture, |
| 16 | | oil, carcass of
a dead animal, any nauseous or offensive matter |
| 17 | | of any kind, any object
likely to injure any person or create a |
| 18 | | traffic hazard, potentially infectious
medical waste as |
| 19 | | defined in Section 3.360 of the Environmental
Protection Act, |
| 20 | | or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, which
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| 21 | | has been discarded, abandoned or otherwise disposed of |
| 22 | | improperly.
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| 23 | | (b) "Motor vehicle" has the meaning ascribed to that term |