Section 16-129.1. Rate for the use of department compost facilities

The
  commissioner is authorized to collect a fee of  ten  dollars  per  cubic
  yard  for  the  disposal of yard waste at department compost facilities.
  For purposes of this section, the term "yard waste" shall  mean  leaves,
  grass  clippings, garden debris, vegetative residue that is recognizable
  as part of a plant or vegetable, small or chipped branches, and  similar
  material,  except that no material greater than eight inches in diameter
  and eight feet in length shall be considered yard waste;  and  the  term
  "compost  facilities"  shall  mean facilities operated by the department
  and used for the  aerobic  and  thermophilic  decomposition  of  organic
  constituents of solid waste to produce a stable, humus-like material.