Bill Text: VA HB2203 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Solid waste disposal fee; Pittsylvania County may provide an exemption to certain veterans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0699) [HB2203 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2013-HB2203-Enrolled.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §15.2-2159 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §15.2-2159. Fee for solid waste disposal by counties. A. Accomack County, Augusta County, Floyd County, Highland
County, Pittsylvania County, and Wise County may by ordinance, and after a
public hearing, levy a fee for the disposal of solid waste not to exceed the
actual cost incurred by the county in procuring, developing, maintaining, and
improving the landfill and for such reserves as may be necessary for capping
and closing such landfill in the future. Such fee as collected shall be
deposited in a special account to be expended only for the purposes for which
it was levied. Except in Floyd County, Pittsylvania County, and Wise
County, such fee shall not be used to purchase or subsidize the purchase of
equipment used for the collection of solid waste. In Augusta County B. Any fee imposed by subsection A when combined with any other fee or charge for disposal of waste shall not exceed the actual cost incurred by the county in procuring, developing, maintaining, and improving its landfill and for such reserves as may be necessary for capping and closing such landfill in the future. C. Any county which imposes the fee allowed under subsection A may enter into a contractual agreement with any water or heat, light, and power company or other corporation coming within the provisions of Chapter 26 (§ 58.1-2600 et seq.) of Title 58.1 except Appalachian Power Company, Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative, BARC Electric Cooperative and Powell Valley Electric Cooperative for the collection of such fee. The agreement may include a commission for such service in the form of a deduction from the fee remitted. The commission shall be provided for by ordinance, which shall set the rate not to exceed five percent of the amount of fees due and collected. D. Accomack, Highland, Pittsylvania, and Wise Counties have the following authority regarding collection of said fee: 1. To prorate said fee depending upon the period a resident or business is located in said county during the year of fee levy; 2. To levy penalty for late payment of fee as set forth in § 58.1-3916 of the Code of Virginia; 3. To levy interest on unpaid fees as set forth in §58.1-3916 of the Code of Virginia; 4. To credit the fee first against the most delinquent use fee account owing; 5. To require payment of the fee prior to approval of an application for rezoning, special exception, variance or other land use permit; and 6. To provide discounts to the standard fee rates for older persons, as defined in §51.5-135, and disabled persons based on ability to pay. E. Pittsylvania County may by ordinance provide an exemption from the fee for the disposal of solid waste to any veteran who has been rated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor agency pursuant to federal law to have a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability in accordance with the standards set forth in §58.1-3219.5. |
