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2006 Utah Code - 19-6-503 — Powers and duties of public entities.
19-6-503. Powers and duties of public entities.
Subject to the powers and rules of the department, the governing body of each public entity may:
(1) supervise and regulate the collection, transportation, and disposition of all solid waste generated within its jurisdiction;
(2) provide solid waste management facilities to handle adequately solid waste generated or existing within or without its jurisdiction;
(3) assume, by agreement, responsibility for the collection and disposition of solid waste whether generated within or without its jurisdictional boundaries;
(4) enter into short or long-term interlocal agreements with other public entities, with public agencies as defined in Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, with private persons or entities, or any combination of them, to provide for or operate solid waste management facilities;
(5) levy and collect taxes, fees, and charges and require licenses as may be appropriate to discharge its responsibility for the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, and improvement of solid waste management facilities or any portion of them, including licensing private collectors operating within its jurisdiction;
(6) require that all solid waste generated within its jurisdiction be delivered to a solid waste management facility;
(7) control the right to collect, transport, and dispose of all solid waste generated within its jurisdiction;
(8) agree that the sole and exclusive right to collect, transport, and dispose of solid waste within its jurisdiction shall be assumed by any other public entity or entities, any private persons or entities, or any combination of them, pursuant to Section 19-6-505;
(9) accept and disburse funds derived from federal or state grants or from private sources or from moneys that may be appropriated by the Legislature for the acquisition, construction, ownership, operation, maintenance, and improvement of solid waste management facilities;
(10) contract for the lease or purchase of land, facilities, and vehicles for the operation of solid waste management facilities;
(11) establish policies for the operation of solid waste management facilities, including hours of operation, character, and kind of wastes accepted at disposal sites, and other rules necessary for the safety of the operating personnel;
(12) sell or contract for the sale, pursuant to short or long-term agreements, of any usable materials, energy, fuel, or heat separated, extracted, recycled, or recovered from solid waste in a solid waste management facility, on terms in its best interests, and to pledge, assign, or otherwise convey as security for the payment of its bonds any 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;
(13) issue bonds pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act; and
(14) issue industrial development revenue bonds pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 17, Utah Industrial Facilities and Development Act, to pay the costs of financing projects consisting of solid waste management facilities, as defined in Section 19-6-502, on behalf of entities that constitute the users of a solid waste management facility project within the meaning of Section 11-17-2, and agree to construct and operate or to provide for the construction and operation of a solid waste management facility project, which project shall manage the solid waste of one or
Subject to the powers and rules of the department, the governing body of each public entity may:
(1) supervise and regulate the collection, transportation, and disposition of all solid waste generated within its jurisdiction;
(2) provide solid waste management facilities to handle adequately solid waste generated or existing within or without its jurisdiction;
(3) assume, by agreement, responsibility for the collection and disposition of solid waste whether generated within or without its jurisdictional boundaries;
(4) enter into short or long-term interlocal agreements with other public entities, with public agencies as defined in Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, with private persons or entities, or any combination of them, to provide for or operate solid waste management facilities;
(5) levy and collect taxes, fees, and charges and require licenses as may be appropriate to discharge its responsibility for the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, and improvement of solid waste management facilities or any portion of them, including licensing private collectors operating within its jurisdiction;
(6) require that all solid waste generated within its jurisdiction be delivered to a solid waste management facility;
(7) control the right to collect, transport, and dispose of all solid waste generated within its jurisdiction;
(8) agree that the sole and exclusive right to collect, transport, and dispose of solid waste within its jurisdiction shall be assumed by any other public entity or entities, any private persons or entities, or any combination of them, pursuant to Section 19-6-505;
(9) accept and disburse funds derived from federal or state grants or from private sources or from moneys that may be appropriated by the Legislature for the acquisition, construction, ownership, operation, maintenance, and improvement of solid waste management facilities;
(10) contract for the lease or purchase of land, facilities, and vehicles for the operation of solid waste management facilities;
(11) establish policies for the operation of solid waste management facilities, including hours of operation, character, and kind of wastes accepted at disposal sites, and other rules necessary for the safety of the operating personnel;
(12) sell or contract for the sale, pursuant to short or long-term agreements, of any usable materials, energy, fuel, or heat separated, extracted, recycled, or recovered from solid waste in a solid waste management facility, on terms in its best interests, and to pledge, assign, or otherwise convey as security for the payment of its bonds any 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;
(13) issue bonds pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act; and
(14) issue industrial development revenue bonds pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 17, Utah Industrial Facilities and Development Act, to pay the costs of financing projects consisting of solid waste management facilities, as defined in Section 19-6-502, on behalf of entities that constitute the users of a solid waste management facility project within the meaning of Section 11-17-2, and agree to construct and operate or to provide for the construction and operation of a solid waste management facility project, which project shall manage the solid waste of one or
more public or private entities, all pursuant to contracts and other arrangements provided for in
the proceedings pursuant to which the bonds are issued. In addition to the authority to issue
bonds contained in Title 11, Chapter 17, Utah Industrial Facilities and Development Act, bonds
may be issued pursuant to the authority contained in this subsection to pay the cost of
establishing reserves to pay principal and interest on the bonds as provided for in the proceedings
pursuant to which the bonds are issued.
Amended by Chapter 105, 2005 General Session
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