PRINTER'S NO. 1501
No. 1318 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY SEMMEL, ARGALL, PISTELLA, NAILOR, BELARDI, HENNESSEY, E. Z. TAYLOR, RUBLEY, HERSHEY, BARD AND RAMOS, APRIL 15, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 15, 1997
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting the improper use of 3 municipal recycling containers. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 8 § 6713. Improper use of municipal recycling containers. 9 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits a summary offense if 10 he uses a recycling container for any purpose other than that 11 for which it was supplied if the container is owned by a 12 municipality or a party under contract with a municipality and 13 is clearly marked as to ownership and supplied to him for the 14 deposit of materials to be collected. 15 (b) Improper deposit or sorting of materials.--The improper 16 deposit or sorting of materials for collection shall not 17 constitute an offense under this section. 18 (c) Penalty.--A person committing an offense under this
1 section shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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