35A.21.152 - Solid waste collection -- Rate increase notice. - Washington Statutes

Solid waste collection — Rate increase notice.

(1) A city that contracts for the collection of solid waste, or provides for the collection of solid waste directly, shall notify the public of each proposed rate increase for a solid waste handling service. The notice may be mailed to each affected ratepayer or published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the collection area. The notice shall be available to affected ratepayers at least forty-five days prior to the proposed effective date of the rate increase.

     (2) For purposes of this section, "solid waste handling" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 70.95.030.

[1994 c 161 § 3.]

Notes: Findings -- Declaration -- 1994 c 161: See note following RCW 35.21.157.