# Sec. 21-120. Adoption of regulations; notice

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Sec. 21-120. Adoption of regulations; notice

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 21-120 (2026)

(a) The Department of the Environment shall have the authority to make any regulations, provided such regulations will carry out and promote the intent and purpose as stated in Section 21-102. Such regulations shall be fair and reasonable, and the consent of the Council shall be obtained before such regulations are promulgated.

(b) The Department of the Environment, before issuing any regulations, shall send a copy of the proposed regulations to all known interested governmental agents or participating parties who may have an interest in the proposed regulations. The Council shall publish notice of intent to issue regulations on a given subject matter in the authorized County newspapers for thirty (30) days prior to the issuance of the regulations. The Department of the Environment shall invite comments, ideas and suggestions, if any, but the Department shall have authority to make regulations so long as such regulations are made in compliance with Section 21-102 and this Section.

(c) The County purchasing agent shall have the authority to award refuse collection contracts with the County. The following limitations shall apply to such contracts:

  (1) All County refuse collection contracts exceeding sixty (60) days' duration must be awarded subsequent to competitive bidding;

  (2) For contracts of a duration of sixty (60) days or less, no single company, corporation, firm or individual may be awarded more than one such contract per service area per year; and

  (3) In the event that a company, corporation, firm or individual under contract is in default, the Purchasing Agent may negotiate replacement service without competitive bidding for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days.

  (4) Contracts awarded under this Section shall be for an initial term of up to seven (7) years. After the first year of the contract term and each year thereafter, the Purchasing Agent shall adjust the unit price, to become effective on each anniversary date of the contract, in accordance with the following requirement: The price established in the contract shall be adjusted annually in direct relationship to the change, if any, in the appropriate Consumer Price Index for the Washington Metropolitan Area using the latest January index figures for the preceding calendar year.

  (5) In the event that any law, regulation or administrative order or judicial order increases or decreases the charges for use of any solid waste acceptance facility or any other government based cost, the Purchasing Agent shall adjust the price when the Purchasing Agent determines, in his sole discretion, that such ordinance, regulation or order has a direct impact on the contractor's cost of performance of the contract. The Purchasing Agent shall make adjustments in the unit price of any contract awarded under this Section, without regard to the anniversary date of the contract.

(d) Notwithstanding the above, no contract shall be awarded which would result in any one company, corporation, firm, or individual having contracts for the collection, removal, and disposition of trash and garbage if the company, corporation, firm, or individual would thereafter be responsible for servicing more than twenty-five percent (25%) of all residences serviced through County refuse collection contracts. The definition of the words company, corporation, firm, or individual shall include all recognized subsidiaries of any company, corporation, firm, or individual awarded or currently holding a County refuse collection contract pursuant to this Subtitle.

(e) Refuse collection contracts awarded under the provisions of this Subsection shall be deemed personal to the company, corporation, firm, or individual and shall not be transferred or delegated without the prior written consent of the Purchasing Agent.