Public Resources Code section 49400

No city, county, district, or public or municipal corporation shall acquire and operate, or cause to be acquired and operated, a dump or site for the disposal of garbage or refuse, or a transfer station or collection point for garbage or refuse, within a city without the consent of the city council or within the unincorporated area of a county without the consent of the board of supervisors.

Source: Section 49400, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=49400. (updated Jan. 1, 1989; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 49400, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=49400. (last accessed May 12, 2025).