BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

SB 5945: Hlth districts/cvl penalties

Authorizing health districts to issue civil penalties.

Summary

Declares that health districts have the power to levy fines upon violators of environmental health statutes, rules, and regulations. Any person who violates a public health statute, or rules or regulations adopted under a public health statute, is subject to a civil penalty, assessed by the local board of health in whose jurisdiction the violation occurs.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the authority to issue civil penalties by health districts;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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