Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 352 amends the Health and Safety Code to authorize a county to contract with a public or private utility company or another public or private entity to collect solid waste disposal fees assessed by the county. The bill sets out certain terms that may be included in the contract and authorizes a utility that bills and collects the fees to suspend the utility service it provides, in addition to the suspension of solid waste disposal service by the entity providing that service, to a person who is delinquent in paying the disposal fee until the bill has been paid in full. The bill provides that the assessment of solid waste disposal service fees by a county and the suspension of utility services for nonpayment of those fees does not apply to a person who notifies the utility entity, public agency, or county in writing that the person is receiving solid waste disposal services from another entity.