HB192

ENROLLED, An Act,

Relating to Blount County; to amend Section 45-5-171, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that a portion of the fees collected from dumping or depositing of solid waste material shall be distributed to the Blount County Commission instead of the State Forestry Commission for distribution to the Blount County Fire and EMS Association.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 45-5-171, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:

§45-5-171.

"(a) In addition to any other cost, fee, or charge imposed on the dumping or depositing of solid waste material on or in any privately owned solid waste landfill in Blount County, there is hereby levied a monthly fee of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) per ton of solid waste so dumped or deposited, which shall be collected monthly by the landfill owner and distributed as provided in subsection (b).

"(b) The fees collected in subsection (a) shall be distributed as follows: 50 percent to the General Fund of Blount County and 50 percent to the State Forestry Blount County Commission. The forestry commission shall Blount County Commission, on a quarterly basis, shall return the 50 percent share of the funds to the Blount County Fire Protection and EMS Association to be distributed equally to all volunteer fire departments and rescue squads belonging to the association."

Section 2. This act shall become effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Blount County

Solid Waste

Blount County Commission

Counties

Code Amended