BILL NUMBER: AB 679	CHAPTERED  10/10/07

	CHAPTER  394
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 10, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 10, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 5, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 7, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 9, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 11, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 8, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Benoit

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2007

   An act to add Section 1202.51 to the Penal Code, relating to
illegal dumping.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 679, Benoit. Illegal dumping: assessments.
   Existing law establishes various offenses for littering and
illegal dumping.
   This bill would require the court to impose a fine on violators in
addition to any other penalty or fine, in the amount of $100 for an
infraction or $200 for a misdemeanor, as specified. The bill would
require that the money from the fines be deposited in the city's or
county's general fund for use for illegal dumping enforcement, as
specified.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1202.51 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   1202.51.  In any case in which a defendant is convicted of any of
the offenses enumerated in Section 372, 373a, 374.3, 374.4, 374.7, or
374.8, the court shall order the defendant to pay a fine of one
hundred dollars ($100) if the conviction is for an infraction or two
hundred dollars ($200) if the conviction is for a misdemeanor, in
addition to any other penalty or fine imposed. If the court
determines that the defendant has the ability to pay all or part of
the fine, the court shall set the amount to be paid and order the
defendant to pay that sum to the city or, if not within a city, the
county, where the violation occurred, to be used for the city's or
county's illegal dumping enforcement program. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, no state or county penalty, assessment, fee,
or surcharge shall be imposed on the fine ordered under this section.