§1132. Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following words have the meanings ascribed to them
unless the context requires otherwise:
(1)"Department" means the state Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
(2)"Dispose" means to throw, discard, place, deposit, discharge, burn, dump, drop,
eject, or allow the escape of a substance.
(3)"Litter" means all waste material except as provided and defined in R.S. 30:2173,
including but not limited to disposable packages, containers, sand, gravel, rubbish, cans,
bottles, refuse, garbage, trash, cigarettes, cigarette butts, cigars, cigarillos, cigar or cigarillo
tips, debris, dead animals, furniture or appliances, automotive parts including but not limited
to tires and engines, trailers, boats and boating accessories, tools and equipmen
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§1132. Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following words have the meanings ascribed to them
unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Department" means the state Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
(2) "Dispose" means to throw, discard, place, deposit, discharge, burn, dump, drop,
eject, or allow the escape of a substance.
(3) "Litter" means all waste material except as provided and defined in R.S. 30:2173,
including but not limited to disposable packages, containers, sand, gravel, rubbish, cans,
bottles, refuse, garbage, trash, cigarettes, cigarette butts, cigars, cigarillos, cigar or cigarillo
tips, debris, dead animals, furniture or appliances, automotive parts including but not limited
to tires and engines, trailers, boats and boating accessories, tools and equipment, and building
materials, roofing nails, or other discarded materials of any kind and description. While
being used for or distributed in accordance with their intended uses, litter shall not include
political pamphlets, handbills, religious tracts and newspapers, and other similar printed
materials, the unsolicited distribution of which is protected by the Constitution of the United
States or the Constitution of Louisiana. Litter shall not include agricultural products that are
being transported from the harvest or collection site to a processing or market site if
reasonable measures are taken to prevent the agricultural product from leaving the
transporting vehicle. Litter shall also not include recyclable cardboard being transported in
compressed bundles to processing facilities. "Agricultural product" as used in this definition
means all crops, livestock, poultry, and forestry, and all aquacultural, floricultural,
horticultural, silvicultural, and viticultural products.
(4) "Local government" means the governing authority of a parish or the governing
authority of the municipality.
(5) "Public or private property" means the right-of-way of any road or highway,
levee, body of water or watercourse, or the shores or beaches thereof, any park, playground,
building, refuge, or conservation or recreation area, and residential or farm properties,
timberlands, or forests.
(6) "Secretary" means the office of the secretary of the Department of Culture,
Recreation and Tourism.