Litter Awareness Fund; created. (HB1736)

Introduced By

Progress

✓	Introduced
☐	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Littering; penalty. Creates a civil penalty of $250 for littering. The bill also creates a Litter Awareness Fund where the money will be deposited and used by the Department of Environmental Quality to create and implement a public awareness campaign to educate the public of the harmful effects of litter on the environment and that cigarette butts are litter. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

Date	Action
12/22/2006	Committee
12/22/2006	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 078326302
12/22/2006	Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/16/2007	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/23/2007	Assigned ACNRsub: Natural Resources (Ware, R.L.)
01/30/2007	Impact statement from DPB (HB1736)