West Virginia Legislature
2016 Regular Session
Introduced
House Bill 2979
2015 Carryover
(By Delegates Fleischauer, Kurcaba, Guthrie and Pushkin)
[Introduced January 13, 2016; referred to the
Committee on Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §7-5-22 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to clarifying that the county or regional solid waste authority that may impose and collect an additional solid waste assessment fee is the county or region where the waste originates.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §7-5-22 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. FISCAL AFFAIRS.
§7-5-22. County solid waste assessment fees authorized.
Each county or regional solid waste authority is hereby
authorized to impose a similar solid waste assessment fee to that imposed by
section eleven, article fifteen, chapter twenty-two of this code at a rate not
to exceed 504 per ton
or part thereof upon the disposal of that solid waste: in that county
or region. Provided, That the county or regional solid
waste authority that may impose and collect that solid waste assessment fee is
the county or region where the waste originates. All assessments due shall
be applied to the reasonable costs of administration of the county's regional
or county solid waste authority including the necessary and reasonable expenses
of its members, and any other expenses incurred from refuse cleanup, litter
control programs, or any solid waste programs deemed necessary to fulfill its
duties.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the county or regional solid waste authority that may impose and collect an additional solid waste assessment fee is the county or region where the waste originates.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.