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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2757

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1996 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representative Pennington)

 

Read first time 02/02/96.

 

Requiring community service work for littering in state parks.



    AN ACT Relating to littering in state parks; amending RCW 70.93.060 and 70.93.070; adding a new section to chapter 43.51 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 70.93.060 and 1993 c 292 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) No person shall throw, drop, deposit, discard, or otherwise dispose of litter upon any public property in the state or upon private property in this state not owned by him or in the waters of this state whether from a vehicle or otherwise including but not limited to any public highway, public park, beach, campground, forest land, recreational area, trailer park, highway, road, street, or alley except:

    (a) When the property is designated by the state or its agencies or political subdivisions for the disposal of garbage and refuse, and the person is authorized to use such property for that purpose;

    (b) Into a litter receptacle in a manner that will prevent litter from being carried away or deposited by the elements upon any part of said private or public property or waters.

    (2)(a) It is a class 3 civil infraction as defined in RCW 7.80.120 for a person to litter in an amount less than or equal to one cubic foot.

    (b) It is a class 1 civil infraction as defined in RCW 7.80.120 for a person to litter in an amount greater than one cubic foot.  Unless suspended or modified by a court, the person shall also pay a litter cleanup fee of twenty-five dollars per cubic foot of litter.  The court may, in addition to or in lieu of part or all of the cleanup fee, order the person to pick up and remove litter from the property, with prior permission of the legal owner or, in the case of public property, of the agency managing the property.

    (3) If the violation occurs in a state park, the court shall, in addition to any other penalties assessed, order the person to perform twenty-four hours of community service in the state park where the violation occurred if the state park has stated an intent to participate as provided in section 3(2) of this act.

 

    Sec. 2.  RCW 70.93.070 and 1993 c 292 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    The director ((shall)) may prescribe the procedures for the collection of penalties, costs, and other charges allowed by chapter 7.80 RCW for violations of this chapter.  ((Included in the procedures shall be provisions requiring that one-half of the monetary amount actually collected by the state or local government entity enforcing the provisions of this chapter be distributed to that local governmental entity.))

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 43.51 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The commission shall establish a policy and procedures for supervising and evaluating community service activities that may be imposed under RCW 70.93.060(3) including a description of what constitutes satisfactory completion of community service.

    (2) The commission shall inform each state park of the policy and procedures regarding community service activities, and each state park shall then notify the commission as to whether or not the park elects to participate in the community service program.  The commission shall transmit a list notifying the district courts of each state park that elects to participate.

 


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