2000-0187
INTRODUCED BY: DARNELL "DEE" ABADIE, COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT III
ORDINANCE NO.
Title
An ordinance of the Parish of St. Charles declaring membership in the South Central Louisiana Solid Waste District.
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WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Government, in an attempt to better plan and manage future solid waste issues in St. Charles Parish, wishes to be included in the creation of the South Central Louisiana Solid Waste District as allowed by Act 982 of the 1999 State of Louisiana Regular Session signed and made effective by the Governor of Louisiana on July 9, 1999; and,
WHEREAS, the purpose of the District is to provide solid waste management in the participating parishes and municipalities, including but not limited to the collection, transportation, disposal, and recycling of solid waste and control over any other waste reduction programs. The operation and management of any landfill or other facility created, established, or utilized by the South Central Louisiana Solid Waste District; and,
WHEREAS, the District may be composed of all territory within the geographic limits of the Parishes of Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary, and Terrebonne and may include all territory within any municipality within these parishes at the request of the governing authority of such municipality; and,
WHEREAS, the District shall not impose any tax-increasing measures until the governing authorities of the parishes in the district have approved the calling of an election for that purpose and until a majority of qualified electors in each Parish voting in an election for that purpose have approved the additional taxes; and,
WHEREAS, a ordinance must be enacted by the Governing Authority of St. Charles Parish by July 1, 2000, requesting to be a part of the District.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Parish of St. Charles declares membership in the South Ce...
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