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Senate Bill S4360

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the improper disposal of bodily fluids

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2019-S4360 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1220, V & T L; add §145.80, Pen L

2019-S4360 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing penalties for littering with bodily fluids on a highway and creates the crime of improper disposal of bodily fluids.

2019-S4360 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4360 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4360
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and  traffic  law  and  the  penal  law,  in
   relation to the improper disposal of bodily fluids
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1220 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,  subdivision
 (b-1) as added by chapter 366 of the laws of 1978 and subdivision (c) as
 amended  by  chapter  418  of  the  laws  of 2007, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 1220. Throwing refuse on highways and adjacent lands prohibited. (a)
 (I) No person shall throw, dump,  deposit  or  place,  or  cause  to  be
 thrown,  dumped,  deposited  or  placed  upon any highway, or within the
 limits of the right of way of such highway, or upon private lands  adja-
 cent  thereto, any refuse, trash, garbage, rubbish, litter or any nause-
 ous or offensive matter.
   (II) A VIOLATION OF  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE
 PUNISHABLE  BY A FINE NOT TO EXCEED THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS AND/OR A
 REQUIREMENT TO PERFORM SERVICES FOR A PUBLIC  OR  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPO-
 RATION,  ASSOCIATION,  INSTITUTION OR AGENCY NOT TO EXCEED TEN HOURS AND
 FOR ANY SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION BY A FINE  NOT  TO  EXCEED  SEVEN
 HUNDRED DOLLARS AND/OR A REQUIREMENT TO PERFORM SERVICES FOR A PUBLIC OR
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPORATION,  ASSOCIATION,  INSTITUTION OR AGENCY NOT TO
 EXCEED FIFTEEN HOURS.
   (b) (I) NO PERSON SHALL THROW, DUMP, DEPOSIT OR PLACE, OR CAUSE TO  BE
 THROWN,  DUMPED,  DEPOSITED  OR  PLACED  UPON ANY HIGHWAY, OR WITHIN THE
 LIMITS OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF SUCH HIGHWAY, OR UPON PRIVATE LANDS  ADJA-
 CENT THERETO, ANY CONTAINER CONTAINING BODILY FLUIDS.
   (II)  A  VIOLATION  OF  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE
 PUNISHABLE BY:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06696-03-9

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