Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-10-1001: Development of plan - Fees and charges - Acceptance

and disbursement of funds - Contracts for land, facilities and

vehicles - Operational policies - Personnel - Violations and

penalties - Exempt counties.

A. The board of county commissioners in each county of the

state shall develop a plan, subject to the approval of the

Department of Environmental Quality, to provide a solid waste

management system to handle adequately solid wastes generated or

existing within the boundaries of such county. An application for a

solid waste transfer station to be located in a county with a

population of less than twenty thousand (20,000) based on the 1990

Federal Decennial Census shall not be submitted to the Department

unless it is included in the county plan submitted to the

Department. The application shall be made in accordance with the

permitting requirements in the Oklahoma Solid Waste Management Act.

By agreement or contractual arrangement the board of county

commissioners may assume responsibility for solid wastes generated

within incorporated cities or towns whether within their counties or

other counties. The board of county commissioners of a county may

enter into agreements with other counties, one or more towns or

cities, governmental agencies, with private persons, trusts or with

any combination thereof to provide a solid waste management system

for the county or any portion thereof.

B. The county commissioners shall have the authority to levy

and collect such fees and charges and require such licenses as may

be appropriate to discharge their responsibility for a solid waste

management system or any portion thereof. Such fees, charges and

licenses shall be based on a fee schedule contained in an official

resolution of the board of county commissioners and may be invoiced

and collected by other public or private utility services in the

normal course of their business.

C. The board of county commissioners may accept and disburse

funds derived from federal or state grants or from private sources

or from monies that may be appropriated from the General Revenue

Fund for the installation and operation of a solid waste management

system.

D. The board of county commissioners is authorized to contract

for the lease or purchase of land, facilities and vehicles for the

operation of a solid waste management system either for the county

or as a party to a regional solid waste management district.

E. The board of county commissioners of a county shall have the

right to establish written policies in compliance with the plan

approved by the Department for the operation of a solid waste

management system including hours of operation, amount, character

and kind of waste accepted at the solid waste container sites or any

disposal site, and such other rules as may be necessary for the

safety of the operating personnel, persons using the sites and the

general public.

F. The board of county commissioners of a county is authorized

to hire such persons, including peace officers, as may be necessary

to administer the county solid waste management system, enforce

policies established pursuant to the solid waste plan and issue

citations for violation of the solid waste laws of the State of

Oklahoma.

G. Any person who violates any policy established by the board

of county commissioners for the operation of a solid waste

management system created pursuant to the provisions of this

section, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per day. Each violation shall constitute

a separate offense.

H. The provisions of this section requiring approval of the

Department for plans providing for a solid waste management system,

shall not apply to counties having a solid waste management system

plan in effect on July 1, 1992. For any county having a solid waste

management system plan in effect on July 1, 1992, the county

($500.00) per day. Each violation shall constitute

a separate offense.

H. The provisions of this section requiring approval of the

Department for plans providing for a solid waste management system,

shall not apply to counties having a solid waste management system

plan in effect on July 1, 1992. For any county having a solid waste

management system plan in effect on July 1, 1992, the county

commissioners may charge and collect reasonable service and disposal

fees as necessary for any nonhazardous industrial solid waste

collection and disposal system. In determining reasonable fees for

any nonhazardous industrial solid waste collection and disposal

system, the county may take into account the damage and repair of

access roads, litter control, surveillance, civil defense, and such

other costs and expenditures deemed necessary by the county. Any

person subject to the assessment of such fees who is aggrieved at

the action of the commissioners in determining the amount of such

fees, may appeal the action of the commissioners to the district

court of the county for a review as to the reasonableness of the

fees. The decision of the court shall be final and binding upon the

commissioners, provided that any such order of the commissioners

assessing the fees shall be binding until reversed by the court.