Senate Bill No. 585
(By Senator Browning)
____________
[Introduced March 13, 2009; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
____________
A BILL to amend and reenact §22-15-7 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to a person not in the business of
hauling or disposing of solid waste who may dispose of, in a
landfill, an amount of residential solid waste up to, but not
to exceed, five hundred pounds free of all charges and fees.
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 However, 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.
NOTE: This bill shall allow 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 but not to exceed five
hundred pounds free of all charges and fees.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.