Kentucky Statutes 433.753 – Criminal littering on public highway — Rewards for information
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(1) When any paper, waste material, litter, or other refuse is thrown or dropped from a motor vehicle, the operator thereof shall be deemed prima facie to be guilty of criminal littering.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Department of Kentucky State Police, county sheriffs and police officers, solid waste coordinators appointed by a county or waste management district, city police officers, and all other law enforcement and peace officers within their respective jurisdictions, to enforce the criminal littering laws and the provisions of KRS § 224.40-100.
(3) Any city or county may offer and pay rewards for the giving of information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person, firm, or corporation for commission of the offense of criminal littering.
(4) Violators may prepay to the Circuit Court clerk if prepayment is so noted on the citation and if the littering offense is not combined with an offense that is not prepayable.
Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 316, effective June 26, 2007. — Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 342, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2002. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch.
406, sec. 332. — Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 77.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Department of Kentucky State Police, county sheriffs and police officers, solid waste coordinators appointed by a county or waste management district, city police officers, and all other law enforcement and peace officers within their respective jurisdictions, to enforce the criminal littering laws and the provisions of KRS § 224.40-100.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 433.753
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Material: means all or any part of any archaeological, paleontological, biological, or historical item including, but not limited to, any petroglyph, pictograph, basketry, human remains, tool, beads, pottery, projectile point, remains of historical mining activity or any other occupation, found in any cave. See Kentucky Statutes 433.871
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(3) Any city or county may offer and pay rewards for the giving of information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person, firm, or corporation for commission of the offense of criminal littering.
(4) Violators may prepay to the Circuit Court clerk if prepayment is so noted on the citation and if the littering offense is not combined with an offense that is not prepayable.
Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 316, effective June 26, 2007. — Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 342, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2002. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch.
406, sec. 332. — Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 77.