§ 5-19-109. Service Districts
If less than all persons in the county are to be served, the county, if it chooses to enter into garbage and rubbish collection and disposal activities, must establish a district or districts within which the service is to be provided. Such county must pay the full costs of the services to be provided either: […]
§ 5-19-110. Superintendent — Powers and Duties
The superintendent, in all cases in which that office is created, has charge of all actual construction and of the immediate management and operation of all the services, equipment and facilities provided for in this chapter which are owned and operated by the county and of the enforcement of all rules, regulations, programs, plans and […]
§ 5-19-111. Bonds
The county legislative body, or other governing body, of the county is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the county for the purpose of financing the cost of the establishment, construction, installation or acquisition of any refuse collection or disposal equipment or facility. Bonds so issued may be either general obligation bonds of the county […]
§ 5-19-112. Plan of Services
No county shall adopt the resolution provided for in § 5-19-103 until there shall have been presented to the regional planning commission serving such county a plan of services for a specified area or areas for study and a written report to be rendered within ninety (90) days after such submission unless, by resolution of […]
§ 5-19-113. Inspection of Facilities
The county sanitarian of each county shall, not less frequently than quarterly, inspect any and all refuse processing or refuse disposing facilities, or both, public or private, within the county for any practices or procedures followed in the county that do, or may, adversely affect the public health, the public safety, or the quality of […]
§ 5-19-114. Investigations of Facilities
Either on the commissioner’s own initiative or at the request of the governing body of any political subdivision of the state, the commissioner of environment and conservation may investigate refuse disposal operations within any county, city or town in the state, may make written or other recommendations for the improvement thereof, and may offer such […]
§ 5-19-115. Governmental Entities’ Rights Preserved
Any of the provisions of this chapter notwithstanding, any municipality, utility or other special district shall retain existing rights to provide such garbage and rubbish collection services or disposal services, or both, to residents and taxpayers within its jurisdiction, including any territory annexed to such jurisdiction, and the existing rights of such instrumentalities to acquire […]
§ 5-19-116. Householders’ Rights Preserved
This chapter shall not prohibit an individual householder from disposing of solid waste from such householder’s own household upon such householder’s own land; provided, that such disposal does not create a public nuisance or a hazard to the public health.
§ 5-19-101. Power Granted to Counties
The several counties of this state are hereby authorized to provide garbage and rubbish collection services or garbage and rubbish disposal services, or both, to the entire county or to special districts within the county as provided in this chapter.
§ 5-19-102. Chapter Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “Garbage and rubbish collection service” means and includes all operations of all manpower and equipment, whether employed or owned by the county or by some other entity, public or private, with which the county may choose to contract, for the gathering, removal and transporting of […]