Bill Text: WV HB2131 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: 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
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-12 - To House Political Subdivisions [HB2131 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2022-HB2131-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2021 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2131
By Delegate Fleischauer
[Introduced February 10, 2021; Referred to the Committee on Political Subdivisions then Government Organization]
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:
ARTICLE 5. FISCAL AFFAIRS.
§7-5-22. County solid waste assessment fees authorized.
Each county or regional
solid waste authority is hereby authorized to may impose a
similar solid waste assessment fee to that imposed by §22-15-11 of
this code at a rate not to exceed 50 cents 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 a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.