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Dear Mr. Puls,

This office is receipt of your opinion request in which you present issues relative to the powers and duties of justices of the peace over litter violations. I have reorganized your questions in the following manner in order to more succinctly address the issues:

1. May a justice of the peace cross over district lines in prosecuting litter violators?

2. Can a justice of the peace refuse to accept and prosecute litter violation tickets from a sheriff's department?

3. If a litter violator is ordered to serve in a litter abatement work detail and that person is injured during that…