SF0094 - Litter-delivery of written material.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0291 |
SENATE FILE NO. SF0094
Litter-delivery of written material.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Case
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to
litter; providing for notification to
2
publisher to terminate delivery of written material;
3 requiring
publisher to maintain list of those terminating
4
delivery of written material; requiring publisher to
5
terminate delivery to those on list; providing penalties;
6 and
providing for an effective date.
7
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
9
10 Section 1. W.S. 6-3-204 by
creating a new subsection
11 (c) and renumbering (c) as (d) is
amended to read:
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13 6-3-204. Littering; penalties.
14
15 (c) A publisher is guilty of littering under
16 subsection
(a) of this section if the publisher or his
17 employee,
agent or independent contractor delivers an
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1 unsolicited newspaper, free community paper or shopper,
2 pamphlet, advertisement, or similar
written material to a
3 person's residence or place of
business other than through
4 the United States mail, regardless of
where the material is
5 placed on the property, after the
person has requested, as
6 provided in this subsection, that the
material not be
7 delivered to the person's residence or
place of business. A
8 person who wishes to terminate receipt
of written material
9 shall request in writing by certified
mail, return receipt
10 requested,
addressed to the publisher of the material that
11 delivery
of the material be terminated. A publisher of
12 material
specified in this subsection shall maintain a list
13 of
those persons who have requested the termination of
14 delivery
to them of the publisher's written material. The
15 publisher
shall update the list continuously not later than
16 three
(3) business days after receipt of a request.
17
18 (c)(d) Littering
is a misdemeanor punishable by
19 imprisonment for not more than six (6)
months, a fine of
20 not more than seven hundred fifty dollars
($750.00), or
21 both. The court may suspend all or a part of
a sentence
22 imposed under this section and require the
person convicted
23 of littering to perform up to forty (40)
hours of labor in
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1 the
form of cleaning litter debris from public roads, parks
2 or
other public areas or facilities.
3
4 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
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6 (END)
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