IL Litter Control Act $1500 fine for cigarette butts
Toss a cigarette butt, go to jail
BY Evan Bernick January 10, 2014 6:54PM
Forget about merely annoying others with bad manners: In Illinois, people who throw cigarette butts on the ground can face jail time — up to a whopping three years.
Illinois’ updated “Litter Control Act” subjects anyone who tosses a cigarette butt outside the trash to criminal penalties. The first offense is a Class B misdemeanor carrying a fine of up to $1,500. The second offense is a Class A misdemeanor. Three strikes and you’re a felon, facing from one year to three years behind bars and a $25,000 fine.
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This is one of our many new laws that likely has more to do with raising money than the public good.
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