Private Acts of 1988 Chapter 232

SECTION 1. No solid waste, hazardous or toxic waste landfill shall be constructed in Pickett County, Tennessee and no contract between any person or persons for the purpose of constructing or utilizing the same shall be completed or executed unless the location of the landfill area shall have been approved by the Tennessee Department of Health and Environment and the governing body of Pickett County. Should the Department of Health and Environment or the governing body of Pickett County disapprove of the site no further action shall be taken in regard to the construction of a landfill in Pickett County.

SECTION 2. Nothing in this act shall affect the regulations set forth by the Department of Health and Environment of the State of Tennessee.

SECTION 3. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body of Pickett County by September 1, 1988. Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the county legislative body and certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 4. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall become effective upon being approved as provided in Section 3.

Passed: April 29, 1988.