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  • Bill Intends to Scare Smokers into Stamping out Their Butts

    04/09/2004 7:02:48 AM PDT · by at bay · 13 replies · 300+ views
    Modesto Bee ^ | 4-9-04 | Jim Sanders
    SACRAMENTO -- Motorists who flick cigarette butts out the window could be fined more than their car is worth under legislation proposed by a Southern California assemblyman. The bill would raise the stakes for adding to the millions of smoldering butts discarded annually. Fines and penalties would range from a minimum of $3,400 for first-time offenders to $20,400 for those cited three times or more. "I want to reach the point where the fine is so significant that it's just not worth it (to litter)," said Assemblyman Russ Bogh, R-Cherry Valley, who introduced the measure, Assembly Bill 2694. It targets...