S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y
                              June 18, 2012
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Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Magnarelli)
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
  fines for throwing refuse on highways and adjacent lands
  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
  Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 1220 of the vehicle and  traffic
law,  as  amended by chapter 418 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read
as follows:
  (c) A violation of the provisions of subdivision (a) of  this  section
shall  be punishable by a fine not to exceed [three] SEVEN hundred fifty
dollars and/or a requirement to perform services for a  public  or  not-
for-profit corporation, association, institution or agency not to exceed
ten  hours  and  for any second or subsequent violation by a fine not to
exceed [seven] ONE THOUSAND FOUR hundred dollars and/or a requirement to
perform services for a public  or  not-for-profit  corporation,  associ-
ation, institution or agency not to exceed fifteen hours.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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