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Public Act 098-0483 Public Act 0483 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
Public Act 098-0483 | HB3243 Enrolled | LRB098 07726 MGM 37803 b |
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| AN ACT concerning safety.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Litter Control Act is amended by changing | Section 3 as follows:
| (415 ILCS 105/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-3)
| Sec. 3. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise | requires:
| (a) "Litter" means any discarded, used or unconsumed | substance or waste.
"Litter" may include, but is not limited | to, any garbage, trash, refuse, cigarettes,
debris, rubbish, | grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste, newspaper,
| magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or other | packaging
construction material, abandoned vehicle (as defined | in
the Illinois Vehicle Code), motor vehicle parts, furniture, | oil, carcass of
a dead animal, any nauseous or offensive matter | of any kind, any object
likely to injure any person or create a | traffic hazard, potentially infectious
medical waste as | defined in Section 3.360 of the Environmental
Protection Act, | or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, which
| has been discarded, abandoned or otherwise disposed of | improperly.
| (b) "Motor vehicle" has the meaning ascribed to that term |
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1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
| (c) "Person" means any individual, partnership, | copartnership, firm,
company, corporation, association, joint | stock company, trust, estate, or
any other legal entity, or | their legal representative, agent or assigns.
| (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)
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Effective Date: 1/1/2014
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