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Ala. Code § 22-27-7 (2026)

Supervision and Regulatory Control; Rules and Regulations; Penalty for Violation of Article.

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With regard to the collection of solid wastes, the health department shall exercise such supervision over equipment, methodology and personnel in the management of solid wastes as may be necessary to enforce sanitary requirements, and the state and county boards of health may adopt such rules and regulations as may be needed to specify methodology and procedures to meet the requirements of this article. With regard to the disposal of solid wastes, the department shall exercise such regulatory control over the management of solid wastes as may be necessary to enforce the requirements of the department, and the department may adopt such rules and regulations as may be needed to meet the requirements of this article. Any person violating any provision of this article or any rule or regulation made pursuant to this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $200.00, and, if the violation or failure or refusal to obey or comply with such provision of this article or such rule or regulation is a continuing one, each day’s violation shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punished accordingly. Any person, firm or corporation granted an exception under subsection (g) of Section 22-27-3 who or which fails to carry out and comply with the provisions of the proposals embodied in the application and plan upon which a certificate of exception was issued to him or it shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in this section. Any person, firm or corporation which has not been issued a certificate of exception under subsection (g) of Section 22-27-3 and which utilizes the solid waste disposal system of any county or municipality and which fails to pay the fee, rate or charge established by the county commission or municipal governing body therefor shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in this section. All citations to violators of this article shall be served by any lawful officer or by the solid waste officer.

(Acts 1969, No. 771, p. 1373, §6; Acts 1971, No. 2247, p. 3604, §3; Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §11(f); Acts 1989, No. 89-630, p. 1231, §3.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1988–2024 · leading case: Beard v. State, 627 So. 2d 1122 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993).
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Beard v. State, 627 So. 2d 1122 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993). · cites it 5× “” The appellant was charged with violating the Solid Wastes Disposal Act by the first method: by failing to subscribe to Lauder-dale County’s solid waste disposal service, and by failing to pay the solid waste collection and disposal fees for that service, in violation of…”
Chapman v. Skipper, No. 5:24-cv-00023 (N.D. Ala. Apr. 18, 2024). · cites it 8× “can determine from the complaint of pro se plaintiff, Greg Chapman, the motion of defendant, Caleb Skipper (who is the Solid Waste Director for Jackson County, Alabama), and plaintiff’s response, plaintiff alleges that: “On or about May 2, 2023,” he was served by a “police…”
Craig Ashley Jenkins & Amber Joy Jenkins, No. 19-80930 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. Nov. 4, 2019). · cites it 6× “”22 In this case, the Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act authorizes the governing body of each county to adopt rules and regulations providing for mandatory public participation in and subscription to solid waste disposal services.”
Little v. City of Valley, 707 F. Supp. 3d 1194 (M.D. Ala. 2023). “Section 22-27-7 in particular makes it a criminal misdemeanor for a resident to violate the Act, including the nonpayment by a resident of a municipal garbage bill.”
Waste Contractors v. Lauderdale Cnty., 565 So. 2d 618 (Ala. Civ. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “) § 22-27-7, Ala.Code 1975 (1984 Repl.Vol.).”
Middleton v. State, 794 So. 2d 1244 (Ala. Crim. App. 2000). “Although I agree with the majority’s memorandum in this case, I feel compelled to write specially to express my concern about the punishment provisions set forth in § 22-27-7, Ala.Code 1975. In this regard, I question whether the Legislature *1245 intended for an individual to…”
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