TITLE 31

COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW

CHAPTER 49

REGIONAL SOLID WASTE OR DOMESTIC SEPTAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS

31-4901.  Findings and purpose. (1) The legislature hereby finds and declares that the disposal of solid waste and domestic septage within the state of Idaho is an important public purpose, and that the creation of independent regional districts to administer solid waste or domestic septage disposal is an efficient and cost-effective method of meeting the state’s solid waste or domestic septage disposal needs.

(2)  The purpose of this chapter is to enable counties to establish regional solid waste or domestic septage districts for the purpose of providing a regional solution to the problem of solid waste or domestic septage disposal through the operation and maintenance of a regional solid waste or domestic septage system.

(3)  The foregoing purpose is hereby declared to be a valid public purpose within the police powers of the state of Idaho.

History:

[31-4901, added 1990, ch. 390, sec. 1, p. 1085; am. 2001, ch. 175, sec. 2, p. 596.]