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MI HB6209

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/26/2010

Primary Sponsor

Kim Meltzer

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Origin

House of Representatives

95th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Amends the definition of "litter" in Michigan's Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to explicitly include "a cigarette butt" as a form of litter.

  • Changes references from plural terms "cans, bottles" and "other foreign substances" to singular forms "a can, a bottle" and "another foreign substance" for grammatical consistency.

  • Maintains the definition of litter to include rubbish, refuse, waste material, garbage, offal, paper, glass, trash, debris, and abandoned vehicles under Michigan vehicle code section 252a.

  • Keeps the scope of "public or private property or water" to include roadways, bodies of water, beaches, parks, playgrounds, buildings, conservation areas, residential properties, farms, and timberlands.

Legislative Description

Environmental protection; litter; littering of cigarette butts; explicitly prohibit. Amends sec. 8901 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.8901).

Crimes, other

Last Action

Printed Bill Filed 05/27/2010

5/27/2010

Committee Referrals

Great Lakes And Environment5/26/2010

Full Bill Text

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