| (1) |
Subject to the powers and rules of the department and except as provided by Section 19-6-507, a governing body of a public entity may:
| (a) |
supervise and regulate the collection, transportation, and disposition of solid waste generated within its jurisdiction; |
| (b) |
provide a solid waste management facility to adequately handle solid waste generated or existing within or without its jurisdiction; |
| (c) |
assume, by agreement, responsibility for the collection and disposition of solid waste whether generated within or without its jurisdiction; |
| (d) |
enter into a short- or long-term interlocal agreement to provide for or operate a solid waste management facility with:
| (i) |
another public entity; |
| (ii) |
a public agency, as defined in Section 11-13-103; |
| (iii) |
a private person; or |
| (iv) |
a combination of persons listed in Subsections (1)(d)(i) through (iii); |
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| (e) |
levy and collect a tax, fee, or charge or require a license as may be appropriate to discharge its responsibility for the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, and improvement of a solid waste management facility, including licensing a private collector operating within its jurisdiction; |
| (f) |
require that solid waste generated within its jurisdiction be delivered to a solid waste management facility; |
| (g) |
control the right to collect, transport, and dispose of solid waste generated within its jurisdiction; |
| (h) |
agree that, according to Section 19-6-505, the exclusive right to collect, transport, and dispose of solid waste within its jurisdiction may be assumed by:
| (i) |
another public entity; |
| (ii) |
a private person; or |
| (iii) |
a combination of persons listed in Subsections (1)(h)(i) through (ii); |
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| (i) |
accept and disburse funds derived from a federal or state grant, a private source, or money that may be appropriated by the Legislature for the acquisition, construction, ownership, operation, maintenance, and improvement of a solid waste management facility; |
| (j) |
contract for the lease or purchase of land, a facility, or a vehicle for the operation of a solid waste management facility; |
| (k) |
establish one or more policies for the operation of a solid waste management facility, including:
| (ii) |
character and kind of wastes accepted at a disposal site; and |
| (iii) |
any other policy necessary for the safety of the operating personnel; |
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| (l) |
sell or contract for the sale, according to a short or long-term agreement, of usable material, energy, fuel, or heat separated, extracted, recycled, or recovered from solid waste in a solid waste management facility, on terms in its best interest; |
| (m) |
pledge, assign, or otherwise convey as security for the payment of bonds, revenues and receipts derived from the sale or contract or from the operation and ownership of a solid waste management facility or an interest in it; |
| (p) |
agree to construct and operate or to provide for the construction and operation of a solid waste management facility project, which project manages the solid waste of a public entity or private person, according to one or more contracts and other arrangements provided for in a proceeding according to which a bond is issued; and |
| (q) |
issue a bond to pay the cost of establishing reserves to pay principal and interest on the bonds as provided for in the proceedings according to which the bonds are issued. |
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