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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 585

(By Senator Browning)

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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;

reported March 26, 2009.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact §22-15-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to limiting waste disposed of at a landfill free of charge to five hundred pounds.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §22-15-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 15. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT.
§22-15-7. Special provision for residential solid waste disposal.

All commercial and public landfills shall establish and publish a yearly schedule providing for one day per month on which a person not in the business of hauling or disposing of solid waste may dispose of, in a landfill, an amount of residential solid waste up to, one pick-up truckload or its equivalent but not to exceed, five hundred pounds free of all charges and fees. Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not take effect until July 1, 1998. Any person who is not a resident of West Virginia may only participate in the monthly free disposal day upon proof that his or her state of residence would likewise allow West Virginia residents to dispose of residential solid waste in the same or substantially similar manner.

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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to limit to 500 pounds the amount of solid waste that a person can take to a landfill on "free day" and to make technical changes.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.)
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