A. Municipalities, counties and regional solid waste management districts may directly, or through a public trust of which they are a beneficiary, enter into agreements or multiple beneficiary public trusts to combine or pool funds by contract with other municipalities, counties, regional solid waste management districts, and public trusts for management and investment when deemed necessary to provide escrow or security funds to ensure operation, maintenance, or closure of solid waste management systems and disposal sites under applicable federal, state or local law.

B. One or more municipalities may establish or participate in a program that provides for each participating municipality or any participating county or regional solid waste management district to furnish financial assurance as required by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C., Section 6901 et seq., or any other federal, state or local law. The program may establish any combination of financing mechanisms necessary to ensure that funds will be available in a timely fashion when needed to meet a participating entity's obligation thereunder. The program may provide for participating entities to use any means available to them to meet financial obligations pursuant to laws of the state. The program may ensure enforcement of the payment of any financial assurance obligation by a participating entity.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 169, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 1993. Renumbered from § 2100 of this title by Laws 1993, c. 324, § 57, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 310, § 1, emerg. eff. June 7, 1994.