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Public Act 098-0483


 

Public Act 0483 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  
  

 


 
Public Act 098-0483
 
HB3243 EnrolledLRB098 07726 MGM 37803 b

    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.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2014