Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1753.3
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Throwing, dropping, depositing or otherwise placing
Official statutory text
litter upon highways, roads or public property - Penalties.
A. The operator of a vehicle, unless any other person in the
vehicle admits to or is identified as having committed the act,
shall be liable pursuant to subsection B of this section for any act
of throwing, dropping, depositing, or otherwise placing any litter
from a vehicle upon highways, roads, or public property.
B. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of
subsection A of this section shall be subject to a state traffic
offense punishable by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00) and upon conviction shall be sentenced to perform not
less than five (5) nor more than twenty (20) hours of community
service in a litter abatement work program as approved by the court,
or the violator may be subject to criminal prosecution as provided
by the provisions of Section 1761.1 of this title. The penalties
collected from the payment of the citations shall, after deduction
of court costs, be paid into the reward fund created pursuant to
Section 1334 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of
subsection A of this section with any flaming or glowing substances
except those which by law may be placed upon highway rights-of-way,
or any substance which may cause a fire shall be subject to a state
traffic offense punishable by a fine of not more than Two Thousand
Dollars ($2,000.00) and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to
perform not less than ten (10) nor more than forty (40) hours of
community service in a litter abatement work program as approved by
the court, or the violator may be subject to criminal prosecution as
provided by the provisions of Section 1761.1 of this title. The
penalties collected from the payment of the citations shall, after
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deduction of court costs, be paid to the fire department of the
district in which the flaming or glowing substance was discarded.
D. During a declared burn ban by the Governor, any person
convicted of violating the provisions of subsection A of this
section with any flaming or glowing substances except those which by
law may be placed upon highway rights-of-way, or any substance which
may cause a fire shall be subject to a state traffic offense
punishable by a fine of not more than Four Thousand Dollars
($4,000.00) and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to perform not
less than twenty (20) nor more than eighty (80) hours of community
service in a litter abatement work program as approved by the court,
or the violator may be subject to criminal prosecution as provided
by the provisions of Section 1761.1 of this title. The penalties
collected from the payment of the citations shall, after deduction
of court costs, be paid to the fire department of the district in
which the flaming or glowing substance was discarded.
E. As used in this section, “litter” means any flaming or
glowing substances except those which by law may be placed upon
highway rights-of-way, any substance which may cause a fire, any
bottles, cans, trash, garbage, or debris of any kind. As used in
this section, “litter” shall not include trash, garbage, or debris
placed beside a public road for collection by a garbage or
collection agency, or deposited upon or within public property
designated by the state or by any of its agencies or political
subdivisions as an appropriate place for such deposits if the person
making the deposit is authorized to use the property for such
purpose.
A. The operator of a vehicle, unless any other person in the
vehicle admits to or is identified as having committed the act,
shall be liable pursuant to subsection B of this section for any act
of throwing, dropping, depositing, or otherwise placing any litter
from a vehicle upon highways, roads, or public property.
B. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of
subsection A of this section shall be subject to a state traffic
offense punishable by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00) and upon conviction shall be sentenced to perform not
less than five (5) nor more than twenty (20) hours of community
service in a litter abatement work program as approved by the court,
or the violator may be subject to criminal prosecution as provided
by the provisions of Section 1761.1 of this title. The penalties
collected from the payment of the citations shall, after deduction
of court costs, be paid into the reward fund created pursuant to
Section 1334 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of
subsection A of this section with any flaming or glowing substances
except those which by law may be placed upon highway rights-of-way,
or any substance which may cause a fire shall be subject to a state
traffic offense punishable by a fine of not more than Two Thousand
Dollars ($2,000.00) and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to
perform not less than ten (10) nor more than forty (40) hours of
community service in a litter abatement work program as approved by
the court, or the violator may be subject to criminal prosecution as
provided by the provisions of Section 1761.1 of this title. The
penalties collected from the payment of the citations shall, after
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 816
deduction of court costs, be paid to the fire department of the
district in which the flaming or glowing substance was discarded.
D. During a declared burn ban by the Governor, any person
convicted of violating the provisions of subsection A of this
section with any flaming or glowing substances except those which by
law may be placed upon highway rights-of-way, or any substance which
may cause a fire shall be subject to a state traffic offense
punishable by a fine of not more than Four Thousand Dollars
($4,000.00) and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to perform not
less than twenty (20) nor more than eighty (80) hours of community
service in a litter abatement work program as approved by the court,
or the violator may be subject to criminal prosecution as provided
by the provisions of Section 1761.1 of this title. The penalties
collected from the payment of the citations shall, after deduction
of court costs, be paid to the fire department of the district in
which the flaming or glowing substance was discarded.
E. As used in this section, “litter” means any flaming or
glowing substances except those which by law may be placed upon
highway rights-of-way, any substance which may cause a fire, any
bottles, cans, trash, garbage, or debris of any kind. As used in
this section, “litter” shall not include trash, garbage, or debris
placed beside a public road for collection by a garbage or
collection agency, or deposited upon or within public property
designated by the state or by any of its agencies or political
subdivisions as an appropriate place for such deposits if the person
making the deposit is authorized to use the property for such
purpose.
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