PRINTER'S NO. 40
No. 54 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BARD, GEIST, HENNESSEY, YOUNGBLOOD, LAUGHLIN,
DeLUCA, SHANER, WANSACZ AND FRANKEL, JANUARY 23, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
JANUARY 23, 2001
AN ACT
1 Authorizing counties to impose fees on operators of certain
2 landfills and facilities.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the County
7 Special Revenue from Solid Waste Disposal Act.
8 Section 2. Imposition of solid waste disposal fees.
9 (a) General rule.--A county may impose upon the operator of
10 a municipal waste landfill or resource recovery facility that is
11 located or is proposed to be located within the county a fee of
12 $1 per ton of weighed solid waste or $1 per cubic yard of
13 volume-measured solid waste for all solid waste disposed of at
14 the municipal waste landfill or resource recovery facility.
15 (b) County options.--Nothing in this section shall prevent a
16 county from receiving a higher fee or receiving the fee in a
17 different form than provided in this section if the county and
1 the operator of the municipal waste landfill or resource
2 recovery facility agree in writing.
3 (c) Supersede.--The fee imposed by this section shall
4 preempt and supersede any tax imposed on a municipal waste
5 landfill or resource recovery facility under the act of December
6 31, 1965 (P.L.1257, No.511), known as The Local Tax Enabling
7 Act.
8 Section 3. Effective date.
9 This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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