§ 8-6-714 - Rents, fees, and charges.

8-6-714. Rents, fees, and charges.

(a) A regional solid waste management board may fix, charge, and collect rents, fees, and charges for the disposal, treatment, or other handling of solid waste by the district.

(b) The board may levy a service fee on each residence or business for which the board makes solid waste collection or disposal services available.

(c) (1) (A) The board may, by majority vote, require fees or delinquent fees to be collected with the real and personal property taxes of any county within the district.

(B) If the board elects to collect such fees in this manner, it shall so notify the county tax collector, who shall enter such fees on tax notices to be collected with the real and personal property taxes of the county.

(C) No county tax collector shall accept payment of any property taxes where the taxpayer has been billed for solid waste collection services unless the service fee is also receipted.

(2) If a property owner fails to pay the service fee, it shall become a lien on the property.