2006 Code of Virginia § 15.2-932 - Authorization to enter into certain contracts for garbage and refuse pickup and disposal services; ...

15.2-932. Authorization to enter into certain contracts for garbage andrefuse pickup and disposal services; waste recovery facilities.

Any locality is authorized to contract with any person, whether profit ornonprofit, for garbage and refuse pickup and disposal services in itslocality and to enter into contracts relating to waste disposal facilitieswhich recover energy or materials from garbage, trash and refuse. Suchcontracts may make provision for, among other things, (i) the purchase by thelocality of all or a portion of the disposal capacity of a waste disposalfacility located within or outside the locality for its present or futurewaste disposal requirements, (ii) the operation of such facility by thelocality, (iii) the delivery by or on behalf of the contracting locality ofspecified quantities of garbage, trash and refuse, whether or not suchlocality collects such garbage, trash and refuse, and the making of paymentsin respect of such quantities of garbage, trash and refuse, for such garbage,trash and refuse delivered, (iv) adjustments to payments made by the localityin respect of inflation, changes in energy prices or residue disposal costs,taxes imposed upon the facility owner or operator, or other events beyond thecontrol of the facility operator or owners, (v) the fixing and collection offees, rates or charges for use of the disposal facility and for any productor service resulting from operation of the facility, and (vi) such otherprovision as is necessary for the safe and effective construction,maintenance or operation of such facility, whether or not such provisiondisplaces competition in any market. Any such contract shall not be deemed tobe a debt or gift of the localities within the meaning of any law, charterprovision or debt limitation. Nothing in the foregoing powers granted suchlocality shall include the authority to pledge the full faith and credit ofsuch locality in violation of Article X, Section 10 of the Constitution ofVirginia.

(1985, c. 558, 15.1-28.02; 1997, c. 587.)