Garbage and refuse districts established pursuant to this chapter prior to June 17, 1978, whether de jure or de facto, unless the cabinet finds that such do not comply with the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act as amended and with the state solid waste management plan, shall be deemed waste management districts and shall have all of the powers and duties of waste management districts as set forth in this chapter.
Effective: July 15, 1986

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 109.190

  • Cabinet: means the Energy and Environment Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 109.012
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Solid waste: means any garbage, refuse, sludge, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining (excluding coal mining waste, coal mining by-
    products, refuse and overburden), agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include those materials including but not limited to sand, soil, rock, gravel, or bridge debris extracted as part of a public road construction project funded wholly or in part with state funds, recovered material, post-use polymers or recovered feedstocks as those terms are defined in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 109.012
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 331, sec. 23, effective July 15,1986. — Amended
1982 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1982. — Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch.
115, sec. 14, effective June 17, 1978.