SB 996 (Albritton) and HB 639 (McClure) – HB 639 requires a local government that displaces an existing solid waste provider to, in addition to the procedural and three-year notice requirements in current law, pay the provider an amount equal to the company’s preceding 18 months’ gross receipts for the service in the displaced area. SB 996 substantially revises the process by which a local government may displace a private waste collection company within the local government by requiring additional notice, public hearings and specified findings by local government prior to displacement. In addition, SB 996 prohibits a local government from commencing organized collection service within the displaced service area for five years after adoption of an ordinance or resolution establishing the service. (O’Hara)