§ 35-11-1902 — Integrated solid waste management plans

(a) Each local governmental entity shall prepare and
maintain an integrated solid waste management plan describing
management of solid waste generated within its jurisdiction or
shall participate in a multi-jurisdictional integrated solid
waste management plan.
(b) Integrated solid waste management plans shall be
completed and submitted to the department by July 1, 2009, and
shall be reviewed, revised as necessary and resubmitted to the
department every ten (10) years thereafter.
(c) For the purposes of this article, the local
governmental entity responsible for preparing an integrated
solid waste management plan shall be the permitted operator of
the solid waste disposal facility serving the planning area
provided, however, that for any planning area where the
permitted operator is a nongovernmental entity, the local
government entity responsible for preparing a plan under this
subsection shall be the county. Upon mutual written agreement,
a local governmental entity may prepare an integrated solid
waste management plan for another local governmental entity.
(d) The planning requirements of subsections (a) and (b)
of this section shall be contingent upon the legislature making
at least one million three hundred thousand dollars
($1,300,000.00) available to the department for grants to assist
local governmental entities in the preparation of integrated
solid waste management plans.