Section 27-0706. Closure requirements for certain landfills and recycling requirements for certain municipalities

1. For the purpose of this section the term "landfill" shall have  the
  same  meaning  as  such term is defined in subdivision twelve of section
  27-0901 of this article.
    2. a. This section shall apply to all landfills that:
    (i) operated during nineteen hundred ninety-five;
    (ii) did not have a valid permit to operate pursuant to  this  article
  during such year; and
    (iii)  accepted  for  disposal  an average of more than eight thousand
  tons per day of solid waste during such year.
    b. Notwithstanding any provision of law or order to the  contrary,  no
  landfill  covered  by this section shall accept solid waste for disposal
  after January first, two thousand two.