Alabama § 22-27-5.1 - Tipping Fee for Use of Certain County Landfills.
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§ 22-27-5.1. Tipping Fee for Use of Certain County Landfills.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any county having a population of 25,000 inhabitants or less, according to the 1990 federal decennial census, which voluntarily operates a landfill as defined in Section 22-27-2(8), may charge a tipping fee for use of the county landfill. The county may deposit any or all of the tipping fee in the county general fund to be used for county general purposes. This section shall not be construed to grant any solid waste disposal authority or unit of local government the authority to impose a tipping fee on the processing, treatment, or disposal of solid waste at a privately-owned or privately-operated solid waste facility.
(b) The provisions of this section are remedial and shall be given retroactive effect for any time period for any county to which this section applies and which has operated a county landfill for inert solid waste.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 22-27-5.1 ("Tipping Fee for Use of Certain County Landfills.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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