{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-2-10-1001","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-10-1001","heading":"Development of plan - Fees and charges - Acceptance","body":"and disbursement of funds - Contracts for land, facilities and\n\nvehicles - Operational policies - Personnel - Violations and\n\npenalties - Exempt counties.\n\nA. The board of county commissioners in each county of the\n\nstate shall develop a plan, subject to the approval of the\n\nDepartment of Environmental Quality, to provide a solid waste\n\nmanagement system to handle adequately solid wastes generated or\n\nexisting within the boundaries of such county. An application for a\n\nsolid waste transfer station to be located in a county with a\n\npopulation of less than twenty thousand (20,000) based on the 1990\n\nFederal Decennial Census shall not be submitted to the Department\n\nunless it is included in the county plan submitted to the\n\nDepartment. The application shall be made in accordance with the\n\npermitting requirements in the Oklahoma Solid Waste Management Act.\n\nBy agreement or contractual arrangement the board of county\n\ncommissioners may assume responsibility for solid wastes generated\n\nwithin incorporated cities or towns whether within their counties or\n\nother counties. The board of county commissioners of a county may\n\nenter into agreements with other counties, one or more towns or\n\ncities, governmental agencies, with private persons, trusts or with\n\nany combination thereof to provide a solid waste management system\n\nfor the county or any portion thereof.\n\nB. The county commissioners shall have the authority to levy\n\nand collect such fees and charges and require such licenses as may\n\nbe appropriate to discharge their responsibility for a solid waste\n\nmanagement system or any portion thereof. Such fees, charges and\n\nlicenses shall be based on a fee schedule contained in an official\n\nresolution of the board of county commissioners and may be invoiced\n\nand collected by other public or private utility services in the\n\nnormal course of their business.\n\nC. The board of county commissioners may accept and disburse\n\nfunds derived from federal or state grants or from private sources\n\nor from monies that may be appropriated from the General Revenue\n\nFund for the installation and operation of a solid waste management\n\nsystem.\n\nD. The board of county commissioners is authorized to contract\n\nfor the lease or purchase of land, facilities and vehicles for the\n\noperation of a solid waste management system either for the county\n\nor as a party to a regional solid waste management district.\n\nE. The board of county commissioners of a county shall have the\n\nright to establish written policies in compliance with the plan\n\napproved by the Department for the operation of a solid waste\n\nmanagement system including hours of operation, amount, character\n\nand kind of waste accepted at the solid waste container sites or any\n\ndisposal site, and such other rules as may be necessary for the\n\nsafety of the operating personnel, persons using the sites and the\n\ngeneral public.\n\nF. The board of county commissioners of a county is authorized\n\nto hire such persons, including peace officers, as may be necessary\n\nto administer the county solid waste management system, enforce\n\npolicies established pursuant to the solid waste plan and issue\n\ncitations for violation of the solid waste laws of the State of\n\nOklahoma.\n\nG. Any person who violates any policy established by the board\n\nof county commissioners for the operation of a solid waste\n\nmanagement system created pursuant to the provisions of this\n\nsection, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed Five\n\nHundred Dollars ($500.00) per day. Each violation shall constitute\n\na separate offense.\n\nH. The provisions of this section requiring approval of the\n\nDepartment for plans providing for a solid waste management system,\n\nshall not apply to counties having a solid waste management system\n\nplan in effect on July 1, 1992. For any county having a solid waste\n\nmanagement system plan in effect on July 1, 1992, the county\n($500.00) per day. Each violation shall constitute\n\na separate offense.\n\nH. The provisions of this section requiring approval of the\n\nDepartment for plans providing for a solid waste management system,\n\nshall not apply to counties having a solid waste management system\n\nplan in effect on July 1, 1992. For any county having a solid waste\n\nmanagement system plan in effect on July 1, 1992, the county\n\ncommissioners may charge and collect reasonable service and disposal\n\nfees as necessary for any nonhazardous industrial solid waste\n\ncollection and disposal system. In determining reasonable fees for\n\nany nonhazardous industrial solid waste collection and disposal\n\nsystem, the county may take into account the damage and repair of\n\naccess roads, litter control, surveillance, civil defense, and such\n\nother costs and expenditures deemed necessary by the county. Any\n\nperson subject to the assessment of such fees who is aggrieved at\n\nthe action of the commissioners in determining the amount of such\n\nfees, may appeal the action of the commissioners to the district\n\ncourt of the county for a review as to the reasonableness of the\n\nfees. The decision of the court shall be final and binding upon the\n\ncommissioners, provided that any such order of the commissioners\n\nassessing the fees shall be binding until reversed by the court.","path":["OK Code","Title 27A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os27A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"f966906e6014c063ebe74395835e6d7f4c7293bcc0eaf6df8db93f57a621ddc0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-2-1-111","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-27a-27a-2-10-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}