(a) Any county or municipality in this state is authorized to own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, equip, improve, operate, maintain, sell, lease, contract concerning, or otherwise deal in facilities of any nature necessary or desirable for the control, collection, removal, reduction, disposal, treatment, or other handling of refuse. Each undertaking by a county or municipality under this chapter may sometimes be referred to as a 'project.' (b) Counties and municipalities are authorized to prescribe, by order or ordinance, reasonable rules and regulations necessary or appropriate to the control, collection, removal, reduction, disposal, treatment, and handling of refuse.Acts 1971, No. 238, §§ 1, 7; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 82-2713, 82-2719.
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