Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 75. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

CHAPTER 10. WASTE AND LITTER CONTROL

Part 2. Licensing of Refuse Disposal and Transportation Montana Solid Waste Management Act

Dumping Penalty -- Enforcement

75-10-233. Dumping penalty -- enforcement. (1) A person found guilty of a violation of 75-10-212 shall be fined in the sum not exceeding $500.

(2) A person found absolutely liable under 75-10-212 is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000.

(3) The provisions of 75-10-212 must be enforced by all highway patrol officers, sheriffs, and police officers and by all other enforcement agencies and officers of the state of Montana. In addition, game wardens have the right to enforce the provisions of 75-10-212 on public property and on private property where public recreation is permitted.

History: En. Sec. 11-110, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 112, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 32-4410(2), (3); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 217, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 461, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2502, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 77, L. 2023.