Bill 28 explained in plain English
Cigarette and Cigar Butt Litter Prevention Act, 2010
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This bill increases fines for littering and prohibits throwing cigarette butts on highways.
Bill 28, the Cigarette and Cigar Butt Litter Prevention Act, 2010, amends existing laws to prevent littering with cigarette and cigar butts. It increases the fines for littering under the Environmental Protection Act and re-enacts a section of the Highway Traffic Act to specifically prohibit depositing litter, including cigarette butts, on or near highways.
- Increases the maximum fines for littering under the Environmental Protection Act.
- Re-enacts Section 180 of the Highway Traffic Act to make it an offense to deposit litter, including cigarette butts, on or along a highway.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Individuals who litter, particularly with cigarette or cigar butts.
- Individuals who throw or deposit litter on or near highways.
- Enforcement officers responsible for issuing fines under these acts.
- Individuals are obligated not to litter, especially cigarette and cigar butts, on highways or in contravention of the Environmental Protection Act.
- Individuals have the right to use highways without them being littered.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Fines for littering under the Environmental Protection Act are increased. A first conviction fine is increased to a maximum of $2,000 (previously $1,000), and subsequent convictions carry a maximum fine of $3,000 (previously $2,000).
- Increased fines for littering under the Environmental Protection Act.
- A new offense is created under the Highway Traffic Act for depositing litter, including cigarette butts, on or along highways.
- The exact date of Royal Assent is not specified in the provided text, which determines when the Act comes into force.
- The specific penalties for the newly re-enacted offence under the Highway Traffic Act are not detailed in the provided text, beyond it being an 'offence of littering the highway'.
Increases the maximum fine for littering from $2,000 to $3,000 for subsequent convictions and from $1,000 to $2,000 for a first conviction.
Source: Section 1
Re-enacts Section 180 to prohibit any person from 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, except in designated receptacles. Previously, this section may have covered other types of litter.
Source: Section 2
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