(a)
- (1) Effective February 1, 1993, no person shall engage in the business of collection and/or transportation of solid wastes in the Boston Mountain Regional Solid Waste Management District without first securing a solid waste hauler’s license from the Board of Directors of the Boston Mountain Regional Solid Waste Management District.
- (2) This does not apply to private individuals who transport their personal household solid waste to a permitted facility.
(b) A solid waste hauler’s license shall only be issued to:
- (1) A person;
- (2) A partnership;
- (3) A corporation;
- (4) An association;
- (5) The State of Arkansas;
- (6) A political subdivision of the state;
- (7) An improvement district;
- (8) A sanitation authority; or
- (9) Another regional solid waste management district.
(c) A solid waste hauler’s license is required under the following circumstances:
- (1) By any person whose primary source of income is derived from the collection and transportation of solid or process wastes;
- (2) By any person who collects, for a fee, more than ten cubic yards (10 yd3) of solid or process wastes each week on a scheduled basis; or
- (3) By any person who provides solid waste collection or transportation services, for a fee, to six (6) or more households or businesses on a regular basis.
- (d) The district may engage in the hauling of solid waste within the district without a license, but shall comply with all applicable standards required in subsection (b) of this section.
(e)
- (1) All solid waste hauler’s licenses shall be issued for a period not to exceed one (1) year.
- (2) Licenses shall run from July 1 through June 30 of each year.
- (3) Applications for a license shall be mailed out by the district to each hauler and postmarked no later than May 1.
- (4) If said applications are not mailed out by May 1, then the deadline to submit such shall be extended accordingly.
- (5) Application packets shall be returned to the district no later than June 15 of each year except as stated above.
- (f) A solid waste hauler's license issued by the district does not supersede any local government's issuance of an exclusive franchise for hauling within its boundaries.