(1) If any person shall wilfully or
negligently throw from any vehicle, place, deposit or permit to be deposited
upon or alongside of any highway, street, alley or easement used by the public
for public travel, any debris, paper, litter, glass bottle, glass, nails,
tacks, hoops, cans, barbed wire, boards, trash or garbage, lighted material,
or other waste substance, such persons shall, upon conviction thereof, be
punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300) or by
imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ten (10) days. For the purposes
of this section, the terms "highway," "street," "alley" or "easement" shall be
construed to include the entire right of way of such highway, street, alley or
easement. The Idaho transportation department is directed to post along state
highways, at convenient and appropriate places, notices of the context of said
law.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 19-4705, Idaho Code, the
court may order that fifty dollars ($50.00) of the fine imposed under the
provisions of this section be paid by the defendant to the person or persons,
other than the officer making the arrest, who, in the judgment of the court,
provided information that led directly to the arrest and conviction of the
defendant. |
