Cigarette and Cigar Butt Litter Prevention Act, 2010 Levac, Dave — Bill 28 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 28, 39-2

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Bill 28, Cigarette and Cigar Butt Litter Prevention Act, 2010

Levac, Dave

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Bill 28 2010

An Act to amend the Environmental Protection Act and the

Highway Traffic Act to prevent littering with cigarette butts

Note:

This Act amends or repeals more than one Act. For the legislative history of

these Acts, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed

Legislative History at www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Environmental Protection Act

1. Subsection 89 (1) of the Environmental Protection Act is

amended by striking out "$1,000 on a first conviction and not more than $2,000"

and by substituting "$2,000 on a first conviction and not more than $3,000".

Highway Traffic Act

Section 180 of the Highway Traffic Act is repealed

and the following substituted:

Littering highway prohibited

180. Every person who throws,

tosses, drops or deposits or causes to be dropped or deposited any glass,

nails, tacks or scraps of metal or any rubbish, refuse, waste, cigarette butts,

cigarettes, cigar butts, cigars or litter upon, along or adjacent to a highway,

except in receptacles provided for the purpose, is guilty of the offence of

littering the highway.

Commencement and

Short Title

Commencement

3. This Act comes into force on the day it

receives Royal Assent.

Short title

4. The

short title of this Act is the Cigarette and Cigar Butt Litter Prevention Act, 2010 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill amends the Environmental Protection Act to

increase the fine payable by a person who fails to comply with a provision of

Part IX of the Act, which deals with littering.

The

Bill also re-enacts

section 180 of the Highway Traffic Act

to prohibit throwing, tossing, dropping or depositing, or causing to be

dropped or deposited litter, including cigarette butts, cigarettes, cigar butts

or cigars, upon, along or adjacent to a highway.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

April 1, 2010

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

April 1, 2010

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 28

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Environmental Protection Act

Highway Traffic Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 28, 39-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p39 s2 bill 28 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	2a50bfb45cdef11129883ad74edc62edc2930e25

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