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 Screven County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 62. SOLID WASTE
 Article II. COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL

§ 62-31. Purpose and intent of article.  

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  • (a)

    The board of commissioners of Screven County, Georgia ("BOC") finds that the best interests of the citizens of the county will be served by the availability of adequate collection and disposition of solid waste in the unincorporated area of the county and those cities or municipalities which choose to be served by the county's solid waste management department, all in accordance with both federal and state regulation of the same, and to have the cost of the department be borne by the citizens who use the service.

    Further, the BOC has determined that the most effective and appropriate means of providing adequate solid waste collection and disposal for the citizens living in the unincorporated area of Screven County ("county") and those living within incorporated areas who wish to be served by the county's solid waste management department, as more particularly defined below, ("department"), is to establish a solid waste collection and disposal special service district ("district") for that purpose pursuant to the provisions of the Georgia Constitution, article IX, section II, paragraph III ("Supplemental Powers Clause") and article IX, section II, paragraph IV ("Special Districts Clause").

    (b)

    Further, pursuant to those provisions set out in subsection (a) above, the BOC finds it to be in the best interests of the citizens of the county to fund the operation of the county's solid waste management department by the implementation of a "special services tax," or such other fees and assessments as allowed by law, sufficient to cover the cost of maintaining, operating and equipping the department, including, but not limited to the cost of the acquisition of equipment, land and construction of buildings to be used solely for the purpose of implementing the operation of the department. The BOC has determined that a special fund is to be created within the county's accounting system and all funds collected for the purpose of supporting the department, from the citizens of the unincorporated area of the county and from those cities or municipalities which enter into intergovernmental agreements to be served by the department, be allocated to that fund and all such funds be utilized only for the services provided by the department within the district. No portion of the funds collected as part of the general ad valorem tax imposed upon all citizens of the county shall be used to support the department.

(Ord. No. 99-06, § 2, 5-25-1999; Ord. of 5-10-2016, § 2)