Title 5, Counties

(a) The general supervision and control of the acquisition, improvement, operation and maintenance of all such refuse collection or disposal systems, or both, as provided in this chapter shall be in charge of the county legislative body or other governing body or other agency as …

(a) In connection with the operation of any refuse collection or disposal equipment or facility as provided in this chapter, the superintendent, or the board in the event the powers conferred by this chapter are exercised through a board, with the approval of the county legislati…

(1) The several counties are empowered to do all things necessary to provide such county-wide or special district garbage and rubbish collection service or garbage and rubbish disposal service, or both, including, but not limited to:(1) Sue and be sued;(2) Take or acquire real or…

Such garbage and rubbish collection and disposal services may be financed in whole or in part by a levy of a tax on all property in the county only if all persons in the county are to be equally served, but such a county-wide levy shall be unlawful if any city, town or special di…

(a) If less than all persons in the county are to be served, the county, if it chooses to enter into garbage and rubbish collection and disposal activities, must establish a district or districts within which the service is to be provided. (b) Such county must pay the full costs …

(a) The superintendent, in all cases in which that office is created, has charge of all actual construction and of the immediate management and operation of all the services, equipment and facilities provided for in this chapter which are owned and operated by the county and of t…

(a) The county legislative body, or other governing body, of the county is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the county for the purpose of financing the cost of the establishment, construction, installation or acquisition of any refuse collection or disposal equipment or facili…

(a) No county shall adopt the resolution provided for in § 5-19-103 until there shall have been presented to the regional planning commission serving such county a plan of services for a specified area or areas for study and a written report to be rendered within ninety (90) days…

(a) The county sanitarian of each county shall, not less frequently than quarterly, inspect any and all refuse processing or refuse disposing facilities, or both, public or private, within the county for any practices or procedures followed in the county that do, or may, adversel…

(a) Either on the commissioner's own initiative or at the request of the governing body of any political subdivision of the state, the commissioner of environment and conservation may investigate refuse disposal operations within any county, city or town in the state, may make wr…

Any of the provisions of this chapter notwithstanding, any municipality, utility or other special district shall retain existing rights to provide such garbage and rubbish collection services or disposal services, or both, to residents and taxpayers within its jurisdiction, inclu…

This chapter shall not prohibit an individual householder from disposing of solid waste from such householder's own household upon such householder's own land; provided, that such disposal does not create a public nuisance or a hazard to the public health.