21-3722. Criminal littering.
21-3722
21-3722. Criminal littering.(a) Except as provided inK.S.A. 2007 Supp.8-15,102, and amendments thereto,criminallittering is intentionally or recklesslydepositing orcausing to be deposited any object or substance into,upon or about:
(1) Any public street, highway, alley, road, right-of-way,park orother public place, or any lake, stream, watercourse, or other body ofwater, except by direction of some public officer or employee authorizedby law to direct or permit such acts; or
(2) Any private property without the consent of the owneroroccupant of such property.
(b) Criminal littering is an unclassified misdemeanor punishable:
(1) Upon a first conviction by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than$1,000;
(2) upon a second conviction by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than$2,000; and
(3) upon a third or subsequent conviction by a fine of not less than $2,000nor more than $4,000.
(c) In addition to the fines in subsection (b), a person convicted oflittering shall be required to pick up litter for a time prescribed by and aplace within the jurisdiction of the court.
History: L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3722; L. 1978, ch. 124, § 1;L. 1992, ch. 298, § 47;L. 2004, ch. 163, § 3; July 1.