SECTIONS 49500-49505 - California Statutes

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE

SECTION 49500-49505

49500. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this article govern the construction of this chapter.

49501. "Exclusive solid waste handling services" means any action
by a local agency, whether by franchise, contract, license, permit,
or otherwise, whereby the agency itself or one or more other local
agencies or solid waste enterprises has the exclusive right to
provide solid waste handling services of any class or type within all
or any part of the territory of the local agency.

49501.3. "Lawfully provided" means the services of the solid waste
enterprise are in substantial compliance with the terms and
conditions of its franchise, contract, license, or permit.

49501.5. "License" means a solid waste license issued by a local
agency or a business license issued by a local agency if the local
agency has not established any other form of authorization for the
lawful provision of solid waste handling services.

49502. "Local agency" means any county, city, or district having
the authority to provide solid waste handling services either by the
agency itself or by authorizing or permitting other local agencies or
solid waste enterprises to provide solid waste handling services.

49503. "Solid waste" means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid
and semisolid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, paper,
rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction
wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and
industrial appliances, manure, vegetable or animal solid or semisolid
wastes, and other discarded solid and semisolid wastes.

49504. "Solid waste enterprise" means any individual, partnership,
joint venture, unincorporated private organization, or private
corporation regularly engaged in the business of providing solid
waste handling services.

49505. "Solid waste handling services" means the collection,
transportation, storage, transfer, or processing of solid wastes for
residential, commercial, institutional, or industrial users or
customers.