KRS 512.070: Criminal littering. -- Local governments may classify criminal littering as

civil offenses.

(1) A person is guilty of criminal littering when he:

(a) Drops or permits to drop on a highway any destructive or injurious material

and does not immediately remove it; or

(b) Knowingly places or throws litter on any public or private property or in any

public or private water without permission; or

(c) Negligently places or throws glass or other dangerous pointed or edged

substances on or adjacent to water t o which the public has access for

swimming or wading or on or within fifty (50) feet of a public highway; or

(d) Discharges sewage, minerals, oil products, or litter into any public waters or

lakes within the state.

(2) Criminal littering is a Class A misdemeanor.

(3) Violators may prepay to the Circuit Court clerk if prepayment is so noted on the

citation and if the littering offense is not combined with an offense that is not

prepayable.

(4) Notwithstanding any language or provision of this section or KRS 65.8808(3) to the

contrary, the legislative body of a local government may, by ordinance, choose to

classify the offenses proscribed in subsection (1) of this section as civil offenses in

accordance with KRS 65.8808.