Public Act 0483 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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Public Act 098-0483

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Litter Control Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

(415 ILCS 105/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-3)

Sec. 3. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Litter" means any discarded, used or unconsumed substance or waste. "Litter" may include, but is not limited to, any garbage, trash, refuse, cigarettes, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste, newspaper, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or other packaging construction material, abandoned vehicle (as defined in the Illinois Vehicle Code), motor vehicle parts, furniture, oil, carcass of a dead animal, any nauseous or offensive matter of any kind, any object likely to injure any person or create a traffic hazard, potentially infectious medical waste as defined in Section 3.360 of the Environmental Protection Act, or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, which has been discarded, abandoned or otherwise disposed of improperly.

(b) "Motor vehicle" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

(c) "Person" means any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, or any other legal entity, or their legal representative, agent or assigns.

(Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)