Section 45-9-170.20
Tipping fee; disposition of funds.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Chambers County, which voluntarily operates a landfill as defined in Section 22-27-2, may charge a tipping fee for use of the county landfill. The fee shall be deposited into the county general fund and may be used for general purposes by the county.
(b) This section is remedial in nature and shall have application retroactively effective for any time period in which the county has operated a county landfill. Any fees collected and expended prior to April 17, 2002, are deemed validly collected and expended pursuant to the authority of this section.
(Act 2002-328, p. 896, §§1, 2.)