SB 5599 - DIGEST


Declares that a person is guilty of theft of solid waste or recyclable materials if he or she takes or wrongfully obtains any solid waste or recyclable materials placed in or immediately adjacent to a bin or a container as part of a solid waste or recycling collection program operated by or under contract with a city, town, county, special purpose district, or other governmental entity without the consent of the generator or collector of such solid waste or recyclable materials or the owner or operator of the bin or container.

Declares that theft of solid waste or recyclable materials, not amounting to theft in the first degree, theft in the second degree, or theft in the third degree, is a misdemeanor.