The board of county commissioners may divide all or any part of the service area into
districts for the purposes of garbage collection or disposal services, or both such
collection and disposal services, and, subject to covenants or agreement with bondholders,
may grant nonexclusive permits, franchises, or licenses to persons, firms, or corporations
for the collection or disposal of garbage and other waste matter, or both such collection
and disposal within such districts, or any or all of said districts, or for the entire
unincorporated area of Orange County, for a period not to exceed seven (7) years upon
such terms and conditions as said board may see fit, including, but not limited to,
a requirement that the holders of such permits, franchises or licenses dispose of
all wastes collected by them at facilities of the county's waste collection and disposal
system. All such permits, franchises and licenses in effect as of the effective date
of this act [article] are ratified, validated and confirmed.
