(a) No county or municipality in a county shall acquire land for or establish a solid waste disposal site or facility in another county without the prior approval of the county judge and the quorum court of the county wherein the land is proposed to be acquired or wherein the site or facility is proposed to be located.
(b) Any official of a county or a municipality which violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), and the conviction shall be grounds for removal from office.