Credit shall be available to municipal corporations and to refuse collectors and business concerns, governmental agencies and other persons who use the County recycling and disposal system, who have been properly licensed and who have been approved by the Credit Officer. The Credit Officer may, by regulation promulgated in accordance with this Division, require that, as a prerequisite for extension of credit, collateral shall be deposited with the Credit Officer in the form and amount required by the regulations.

The Director of the Department of the Environment is appointed disposal facility Credit Officer. The Director is authorized to delegate his authority, subject to his supervision, to a member of his staff.

The Credit Officer is authorized to adopt credit methods of collecting revenues for the use of County operated disposal facilities and to adopt rules and regulations regarding the establishment, approval, maintenance and enforcement of credit applications.

The Credit Officer is authorized, in the name of the Council, to apply for membership in and services of a qualified credit agency, for the purposes of utilizing the investigation service of such agency. The Credit Officer is authorized to expend the necessary funds for payment of such service.