Sub. S.B. 220

127th General Assembly

(H. Criminal Justice)

The committee made the following changes to the Senate-passed version of the bill:

(1) It increased the penalties for violations of a bylaw or rule adopted by the board of park commissioners of a county for the preservation of good order in and adjacent to parks and reservations of land and for the protection and preservation of the parks, parkways, and other reservations of land under its jurisdiction and control and of property and natural life therein and other bylaws or rules under existing law, from a fine of not more than $100 to a fine of not more than $150 for a first offense and from a fine of not more than $500 to a fine of not more than $1,000 for each subsequent offense.

(2) It authorized a board of park commissioners to adopt by bylaw a penalty for a violation of any bylaw or rule adopted as described in the preceding paragraph provided the penalty does not exceed in severity the penalty designated by state law for a similar violation under state law or, if the similar violation does not bear a penalty or there is no similar violation under state law, a fine of not more than $150 for a first offense or a fine of not more than $1,000 for each subsequent offense; required that a bylaw so adopted be published as provided for ordinances of municipal corporations before taking effect; and defined "similar violation under state law" for purposes of the bill's provisions.

S0220-127.doc/ss 05/29/08