CHAPTER 33. COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE GENERALLY - Indiana Statutes

IC 36-9-33
     Chapter 33. Collection and Disposal of Waste Generally

IC 36-9-33-1
Application of chapter
     Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all units (except townships and counties having a consolidated city) that adopt ordinances under section 3 of this chapter after March 31, 1987.
As added by P.L.353-1985, SEC.2.

IC 36-9-33-2
"Solid waste" defined
     Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "solid waste" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-9-30-2, except that the term does not include the following:
        (1) Sludge, sewage, and other highly diluted water-carried materials or substances and those in gaseous forms.
        (2) Metal, glass, paper, paperboard, or corrugated material that is stored, collected, or recovered for recycling.
        (3) Waste regulated under IC 13-22-1 through IC 13-22-8 and IC 13-22-13 through IC 13-22-14.
        (4) Waste generated by any person that disposes of the person's own waste in:
            (A) a fully permitted sanitary landfill owned or leased by the person; or
            (B) a resource recovery facility owned by the person;
        at the date of adoption of the ordinance by the unit.
        (5) Waste generated by any agricultural activity.
        (6) Waste generated by a new manufacturing or a commercial enterprise or by the expansion of an existing manufacturing or commercial enterprise.
        (7) Other waste described in an ordinance adopted by the unit's legislative body.
As added by P.L.353-1985, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.1-1996, SEC.98.

IC 36-9-33-3
Power to provide for collection and disposal of solid waste
     Sec. 3. A unit may by ordinance provide for and exclusively control the collection and disposal of solid waste under this chapter within the unit. However, a unit may exercise this power only upon the completion of construction or the acquisition of a facility for the processing or disposal of solid waste by incineration or similar methods.
As added by P.L.353-1985, SEC.2.

IC 36-9-33-4
Territorial limitations for municipalities
     Sec. 4. (a) A municipality may not exercise a power granted by this chapter inside the boundaries of another municipality without the consent of that municipality's legislative body.     (b) A municipality may not exercise a power granted by this chapter in unincorporated territory without the consent of the executive of the county in which that territory is located.
As added by P.L.353-1985, SEC.2.

IC 36-9-33-5
Territorial limitation for counties
     Sec. 5. A county may not exercise a power granted by this chapter inside the boundaries of any municipality in that county without the consent of that municipality's legislative body.
As added by P.L.353-1985, SEC.2.

IC 36-9-33-6
Joint exercise of power
     Sec. 6. Notwithstanding sections 3 and 4 of this chapter, units may jointly exercise a power granted by this chapter in the manner provided by IC 36-1-7.
As added by P.L.353-1985, SEC.2.