Prince George's County Council - Reference No. CB-054-2018

• Reference No.: CB-054-2018
• Draft No.: 2
• Type: Council Bill
• Status: Enacted
• Meeting Body: County Council
• Meeting Date: 10/23/2018
• Introduced Date: 9/25/2018
• Public Hearing Date: 10/23/2018 @ 10:00 a.m.
• Effective date: 12/31/2018
• Title: AN ACT CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES UNIT for the purpose of establishing an Environmental Crimes Unit; providing the purpose and intent of the Environmental Crimes Unit; defining certain terms; providing for the organization of the Environmental Crimes Unit; providing for a certain Memorandum of Understanding; providing for site assessment and prioritization; providing for operations; providing for education and outreach; providing for representation; providing for certain reporting; referencing the litter and illegal dumping laws of the County; and generally regarding litter, illegal dumping and enforcement.
• Proposers/Sponsors: Deni L. Taveras, Mary A. Lehman, Dannielle M. Glaros, Todd M. Turner, Mel Franklin, Derrick Leon Davis
• Code sections: 13-272 - , 13-272.01 - , 13-273 - , 13-274 - , 13-275 - , 13-276 - , 13-277 - , 13-278 - , 13-279 -
• Contact: Kathleen H. Canning, Legislative Officer

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/14/2018	2	County Executive	signed
10/23/2018	2	County Council	public hearing held
10/23/2018	2	County Council	enacted	Pass
9/25/2018	1	County Council	introduced
9/20/2018	1	Transportation, Housing and the Environment Committee	Favorably recommended with amendments	Pass
9/13/2018	1	Transportation, Housing and the Environment Committee	Held in Committee
7/24/2018	1	County Council	presented and referred

Title

AN ACT CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES UNIT for the purpose of establishing an Environmental Crimes Unit; providing the purpose and intent of the Environmental Crimes Unit; defining certain terms; providing for the organization of the Environmental Crimes Unit; providing for a certain Memorandum of Understanding; providing for site assessment and prioritization; providing for operations; providing for education and outreach; providing for representation; providing for certain reporting; referencing the litter and illegal dumping laws of the County; and generally regarding litter, illegal dumping and enforcement.

Background

This legislation establishes an Environmental Crimes Unit to be operated by Prince George’s County and the Prince George’s County Police Department. Operationally, the Environmental Crimes Unit is comprised of sworn Prince George’s County Police teamed with County counterparts.  The Department of Public Works and Transportation is the lead agency for the County, collaborating with the Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement and the Department of Environment. The mission of the Environmental Crimes Unit is to detect, apprehend, prosecute, and deter persons, owners, lessors, associations, corporations, organizations, and entities from engaging in conduct that harms the County’s physical environment. Further, the mission is to educate the community at large about environmental violation issues to make the County cleaner and improve the quality of life for the County’s residents and stakeholders.