2019 -- H 5639 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY | |
CORPORATION | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Kennedy, Price, Chippendale, Filippi, and Azzinaro | |
Date Introduced: February 27, 2019 | |
Referred To: House Municipal Government | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 23-19 of the General Laws entitled "Rhode Island Resource |
2 | Recovery Corporation" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 23-19-42. Tipping fees -- Municipal rate for city or town collected regional school |
4 | district solid waste. |
5 | (a) Solid waste collected and disposed of by, or on behalf of a regional school district, |
6 | shall be charged the same tipping fee per ton as the municipal rate. |
7 | (b) Any waste hauler collecting and disposing of solid waste for, or on behalf of any |
8 | regional school district shall, at the time of disposal, certify on a form approved by the Rhode |
9 | Island resource recovery corporation, the tonnage of the solid waste collected from the regional |
10 | school district. |
11 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY | |
CORPORATION | |
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1 | This act would provide that any solid waste collected and disposed of by, or on behalf of |
2 | a regional school district, would be charged the same tipping fee per ton as the municipal rate and |
3 | would require the waste hauler to certify the tonnage at the time of disposal. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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