2019 -- H 5639

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY

CORPORATION

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Kennedy, Price, Chippendale, Filippi, and Azzinaro

     Date Introduced: February 27, 2019

     Referred To: House Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 23-19 of the General Laws entitled "Rhode Island Resource

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Recovery Corporation" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     23-19-42. Tipping fees -- Municipal rate for city or town collected regional school

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district solid waste.

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     (a) Solid waste collected and disposed of by, or on behalf of a regional school district,

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shall be charged the same tipping fee per ton as the municipal rate.

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     (b) Any waste hauler collecting and disposing of solid waste for, or on behalf of any

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regional school district shall, at the time of disposal, certify on a form approved by the Rhode

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Island resource recovery corporation, the tonnage of the solid waste collected from the regional

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school district.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY

CORPORATION

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     This act would provide that any solid waste collected and disposed of by, or on behalf of

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a regional school district, would be charged the same tipping fee per ton as the municipal rate and

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would require the waste hauler to certify the tonnage at the time of disposal.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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