Terms Used In Idaho Code 39-7405

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Solid waste: means any garbage or refuse, sludge from a waste water treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject to permit under 33 U. See Idaho Code 39-7403
The local government entity with legal responsibility for disposal of solid waste pursuant to the provisions of chapter 44, title 31, Idaho Code, shall have full authority to manage and control the ownership, disposition and ultimate disposal of solid waste within its jurisdiction. It is the intention of the legislature that this grant of authority shall be construed in manner commensurate with the full extent of the duties established in chapter 44, title 31, Idaho Code.