HB-4752, As Passed House, December 16, 2003                                 

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                              SUBSTITUTE FOR                                    

                                                                                

                           HOUSE BILL NO. 4752                                  

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Natural resources and environmental protection act,"                       

                                                                                

    by amending section 30104 (MCL 324.30104), as amended by 2003               

                                                                                

    PA 163.                                                                     

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 30104.  (1) Before a project that is subject to this                   

                                                                                

2   part is undertaken, a person shall file an application and                  

                                                                                

3   receive a permit from the department.  The application shall be             

                                                                                

4   on a form prescribed by the department and shall include any                

                                                                                

5   information that may be required by the department.  If a project           

                                                                                

6   includes activities at multiple locations, 1 application may be             

                                                                                

7   filed for the combined activities.                                          

                                                                                

8       (2) Except as provided in subsections (3),  and  (4), and                   

                                                                                

9   (5), until October 1, 2008, an application for a permit shall be            

                                                                                

10  accompanied by a fee based on an administrative cost in                     

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   accordance with the following schedule:                                     

                                                                                

2       (a) For a minor project listed in R 281.816 of the Michigan                 

                                                                                

3   administrative code, or a seasonal drawdown or the associated               

                                                                                

4   reflooding, or both, of a dam or impoundment for the purpose of             

                                                                                

5   weed control, a fee of $50.00.  However, for a permit for a                 

                                                                                

6   seasonal drawdown or associated reflooding, or both, of a dam or            

                                                                                

7   impoundment for the purpose of weed control that is issued for              

                                                                                

8   the first time after October 9, 1995, an initial fee of $500.00             

                                                                                

9   with subsequent permits for the same purpose being assessed a               

                                                                                

10  $50.00 fee.                                                                 

                                                                                

11      (b) For construction or expansion of a marina, a fee of:                    

                                                                                

12                                                                               (i) $50.00 for an expansion of 1-10 slips to an existing                            

                                                                                

13  permitted marina.                                                           

                                                                                

14      (ii) $100.00 for a new marina with 1-10 proposed marina                      

                                                                                

15  slips.                                                                      

                                                                                

16      (iii) $250.00 for an expansion of 11-50 slips to an existing                 

                                                                                

17  permitted marina, plus $10.00 for each slip over 50.                        

                                                                                

18      (iv) $500.00 for a new marina with 11-50 proposed marina                     

                                                                                

19  slips, plus $10.00 for each slip over 50.                                   

                                                                                

20      (v) $1,500.00 if an existing permitted marina proposes                      

                                                                                

21  maintenance dredging of 10,000 cubic yards or more or the                   

                                                                                

22  addition of seawalls, bulkheads, or revetments of 500 feet or               

                                                                                

23  more.                                                                       

                                                                                

24      (c) For renewal of a marina operating permit, a fee of                      

                                                                                

25  $50.00.                                                                     

                                                                                

26      (d) For major projects other than a project described in                    

                                                                                

27  subdivision (b)(v), involving any of the following, a fee of                


     House Bill No. 4752 (H-2) as amended December 16, 2003

   

1   $2,000.00:                                                                  

                                                                                

2                                                                                (i) Dredging of 10,000 cubic yards or more.                                         

                                                                                

3       (ii) Filling of 10,000 cubic yards or more.                                  

                                                                                

4       (iii) Seawalls, bulkheads, or revetment of 500 feet or more.                 

                                                                                

5       (iv) Filling or draining of 1 acre or more of wetland                        

                                                                                

6   contiguous to a lake or stream.                                             

                                                                                

7       (v) New dredging or upland boat basin excavation in areas of                

                                                                                

8   suspected contamination.                                                    

                                                                                

9       (vi) Shore projections, such as groins and underwater                        

                                                                                

10  stabilizers, that extend 150 feet or more into a lake or stream.            

                                                                                

11      (vii) New commercial docks or wharves of 300 feet or more in                 

                                                                                

12  length.                                                                     

                                                                                

13      (viii) Stream enclosures 100 feet or more in length.                          

                                                                                

14      (ix) Stream relocations 500 feet or more in length.                          

                                                                                

15      (x) New golf courses.                                                       

                                                                                

16      (xi) Subdivisions.                                                           

                                                                                

17      (xii) Condominiums.                                                          

                                                                                

18      (e) For all other projects not listed in subdivisions (a)                   

                                                                                

19  through (d), a fee of $500.00.                                              

                                                                                

20      (3) If the applicant for a permit is a nonprofit entity [that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code] and              

                                                                                

21  the project is to improve, clean, rehabilitate, or otherwise                

                                                                                

22  enhance natural resource values, the application fee under                  

                                                                                

23  subsection (2) shall not exceed $100.00.                                    

                                                                                

24      (4)  (3)  A project that requires review and approval under                 

                                                                                

25  this part and 1 or more of the following acts or parts of acts is           

                                                                                

26  subject to only the single highest permit fee required under this           

                                                                                

27  part or the following acts or parts of acts:                                


                                                                                

1       (a) Part 303.                                                               

                                                                                

2       (b) Part 323.                                                               

                                                                                

3       (c) Part 325.                                                               

                                                                                

4       (d) Section 3104.                                                           

                                                                                

5       (e) Section 117 of the land division act, 1967 PA 288, MCL                  

                                                                                

6   560.117.                                                                    

                                                                                

7       (5)  (4)  If work has been done in violation of a permit                    

                                                                                

8   requirement under this part and restoration is not ordered by the           

                                                                                

9   department, the department may accept an application for a permit           

                                                                                

10  if the application is accompanied by a fee equal to 2 times the             

                                                                                

11  permit fee required under this section.