ARTICLE V. SOLID WASTE
COLLECTION SERVICE
Sec. 19-78.
Reductions in fees and charges for qualifying persons.
(a) The provisions of this section
shall be administered by the county administrator. The county administrator is hereby
authorized to prescribe, adopt, promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations, in
conformity with the general provisions of this section, as may be reasonably necessary to
determine qualifications for reduced fees and charges. The county administrator shall make
such inquiry of persons seeking such reduced fees and charges requiring answers under oath
as may be reasonably necessary to determine qualifications therefore, as specified in this
section.
(b) When all those persons residing
in a dwelling, have an aggregate annual income of less than fifty percent (50%) of the
median income adjusted for family size for York County as published from time to
time by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the occupants shall
be eligible for the reduced rates for fees and charges set out in section 19-73, upon
application therefore, and approval of such application by the county administrator.
(1) Any person claiming eligibility
for reduced rates under this subsection shall file annually with the county administrator
on forms to be supplied by the county, an affidavit setting forth the names of the persons
occupying the dwelling, and the aggregate annual income of all such persons during the
immediately preceding calendar year.
(2) For purposes of this section
"annual income" means total annual cash receipts before tax, including money
wages and salaries before any deductions; net receipts from self-employment following
deduction of business expenses only; regular payments from any source of retirement to
include Social Security; regular payments from unemployment compensation, worker's
compensation, strike benefits from union funds, veteran's benefits, public assistance
(including Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Supplemental Security Income and
General Assistance); alimony; child support; military family allotments; other regular
support from an absent family member or someone not living in the household; regular
insurance or annuity payments; income from dividends, interest, rent, royalties or
periodic receipts from estates or trusts. "Annual income" shall not include food
or rent in lieu of wages; capital gains, any assets drawn down as withdrawals from a bank,
sale of property, a house or a car; tax refunds; gifts; lump-sum inheritances; one-time
insurance payments or compensation for injury. Also excluded is the value of fringe
benefits from employment; and such federal programs as Medicaid and food stamps.
(3) Changes in respect to income
or other factors occurring during the calendar year for which an affidavit is filed under
this section and having the effect of exceeding or violating the limitations and
conditions provided in this section shall nullify any eligibility for reduced rates for
the then current calendar year.
(4) Once a person has been
determined to be eligible for reduced rates, in lieu of the annual filing of an
application, the person shall only be required to refile such application every three (3)
years if during each of the two (2) intervening years the person files a certification on
a form provided by the county certifying that no information contained on the last
application has changed so as to violate the income or eligibility requirements of this
section.
(c) Any applicant making a false
statement to obtain reduced rates under this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars
($200.00) and loss of eligibility for reduced rates for the calendar year following
conviction. |