PRINTER'S NO. 208
No. 217 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY WALKO, THOMAS, GEORGE, MARKOSEK, GIGLIOTTI,
LAUGHLIN, WOJNAROSKI, PESCI, CLARK, CORRIGAN, LEDERER,
READSHAW, TANGRETTI, SHANER, STEIL, HERSHEY, EACHUS, CARN,
TRELLO, YOUNGBLOOD, MAHER, BARD, CURRY, MUNDY, McNAUGHTON,
STEELMAN, LEVDANSKY, HESS AND McCALL, JANUARY 28, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 28, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for offense of
3 scattering rubbish.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6501(a)(3) and (b)(5) of Title 18 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 6501. Scattering rubbish.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of an offense if
10 he:
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12 (3) is the owner or operator, or an agent of either, of
13 [a trash, garbage or debris collection vehicle, including
14 private automobiles and small trucks, or any other type of
15 vehicles] any vehicle used [to collect or transport] at any
16 time, whether or not for profit in the collection or
17 transportation of any amount of trash, garbage or debris, who
1 knowingly causes to be deposited or deposits the vehicle's
2 load or any part thereof upon any road, street, highway,
3 alley or railroad right-of-way, or upon the land of another
4 or into the waters of this Commonwealth.
5 (b) Penalty.--
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7 (5) Any vehicle, equipment or conveyance, including any
8 private automobile and small truck, used for the
9 transportation or disposal of:
10 (i) trash, garbage or debris exceeding 25 pounds; or
11 (ii) trash, garbage or debris in the commission of a
12 second or subsequent offense under subsection (a)(3);
13 may be deemed contraband and forfeited in accordance with the
14 provisions set forth in this section.
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16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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