The county commission of every county is hereby authorized to create and establish a public agency to be known as a county solid waste authority (hereinafter called the authority) to carry out the powers and duties conferred by law upon the county relating to disposal of solid waste, including but not limited to, those powers […]
The purposes for which the authority is created are to provide for the necessary, dependable, effective and efficient collection and disposal of solid waste and other hazardous waste and to assist and cooperate with the state and local governments in achieving these purposes.
The management and control of the authority, its property, operations, business and affairs shall be lodged in an authority of seven persons who shall be known as "members of the authority," each of whom shall be appointed by the county commission for a term of three years, except that as to the first seven appointed […]
The authority when created, and the members thereof, shall constitute and be a public corporation, the name of which shall contain the words "solid waste authority," and as such shall have perpetual succession, may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded and have and use a common seal.
The authority may exercise all powers necessary or appropriate to carry out and effectuate its corporate purpose. The authority may: (1) Adopt, and from time to time, amend and repeal bylaws necessary and proper for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business and rules and regulations to implement and make effective […]
All employees of the authority eligible thereto shall be considered to be within the workers' compensation act of West Virginia and premiums on their compensation shall be paid by the authority as required by law.
It is the purpose of this article to encourage the proper collection and disposal of solid waste in a prudent and economical manner and this article shall be liberally construed as giving to the authority full and complete power reasonably required to give effect to the purposes hereof. The provisions of this article are in […]
The several sections and provisions of this article are severable, and if any section or provision hereof shall be held unconstitutional, all the remaining sections and provisions of the article shall nevertheless remain valid.
The authority granted by this article expires on January 1, 1989.
