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Committee sends Senate Bill 1073 on solid-waste franchising to general orders after stakeholder amendment
Summary
The House Local Government Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1073, which would clarify when small haulers may provide temporary, project-specific waste collection inside franchised cities, to general orders after sponsors and municipal and industry stakeholders agreed on amended language.
The House Local Government Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1073 to general orders after the bill’s sponsor and affected stakeholders agreed on amendment language clarifying how cities may define temporary, project-specific solid-waste containers.
Senator Ben Adams, senator from District 12 in Nampa, told the committee the bill “addresses solid waste disposal” and is intended to preserve room for small haulers to serve temporary or project-specific needs within cities that otherwise may franchise permanent curbside service. “Any person can hire whoever they want to take temporary project specific trash,” Adams said while describing the change the bill would allow.
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