Bill Text: IL HB4946 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the county board or the corporate authorities of a municipality may adopt a resolution declaring that a specified area of the county or municipality has a litter problem and that fines for littering in the specified area will be tripled. Provides that the county or municipality shall post notice in the area specified by the county or municipality warning of the increased fines. Allows the amount of the increase in the fine received under the provisions must be used toward litter cleanup in the county or municipality.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4946 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4946-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4946 Introduced , by Rep. Amy Elik SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/5-1189 new
65 ILCS 5/11-20-17 new
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the county board or the corporate authorities of a municipality may adopt a resolution declaring that a specified area of the county or municipality has a litter problem and that fines for littering in the specified area will be tripled. Provides that the county or municipality shall post notice in the area specified by the county or municipality warning of the increased fines. Allows the amount of the increase in the fine received under the provisions must be used toward litter cleanup in the county or municipality.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5-1189 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/5-1189 new)
Sec. 5-1189. Littering; triple fines. A county board may
adopt a resolution declaring that a specified area of the
county has a litter problem and that fines for littering in the
specified area will be tripled. The county shall post notice
in the area specified by the county warning of the increased
fines. The amount of the increase in the fine received under
this Section must be used toward litter cleanup in the county.
Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
adding Section 11-20-17 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/11-20-17 new)
Sec. 11-20-17. Littering; triple fines. The corporate
authorities of a municipality may adopt a resolution declaring
that a specified area of the municipality has a litter problem
and that fines for littering in the specified area will be
tripled. The municipality shall post notice in the area

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