May 19, 2005, Introduced by Rep. Farhat and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Great Lakes, Land Use, and Environment.
A bill to amend 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, entitled
"Urban cooperation act of 1967,"
by amending section 8a (MCL 124.508a), as amended by 1996 PA 45.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
8a. (1) Subject to the requirement of subsection (2)
subsections
(2) and (3), a county , by
resolution of the county
board
of commissioners of the county, or
the agency responsible
for
preparing the solid waste management plan for counties with a
population
of 690,000 or more as certified by the 1980 census that
do
that does not operate under Act
No. 139 of the Public Acts of
1973,
being sections 45.551 to 45.573 of the Michigan Compiled
Laws,
or Act No. 293 of the Public Acts of 1966, being sections
45.501
to 45.521 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1973 PA 139, MCL
45.551 to 45.573, or 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.501 to 45.521, as provided
in
part 115 (solid waste management) of the natural resources and
environmental
protection act, Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of
1994,
being sections 324.11501 to 324.11549 of the Michigan
Compiled
Laws 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11501 to 324.11550, may impose
a surcharge or fee on households within the county of not more than
$2.00 per month or $25.00 per year per household for waste
reduction programs and for the collection of consumer source
separated materials for recycling or composting including, but not
limited
to, recyclable materials, as defined in part 115 of Act
No.
451 of the Public Acts of 1994 the natural resources and
environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11501 to
324.11550, household hazardous wastes, tires, batteries, and yard
clippings.
(2) A county or agency shall not impose a surcharge or fee
allowed under subsection (1) without the approval of the voters
within the county at a regularly scheduled election.
(3) (2)
A county or agency shall defer the
imposition and
collection of a surcharge imposed under subsection (1) in a local
unit of government within that county until the county or agency
has entered into an interlocal agreement under this act relating to
the collection and disposition of the surcharge with the local unit
of
government. However, a A city in a county in which the agency
described in subsection (1) prepared the update to the county's
solid
waste management plan as provided in part 115 of Act No. 451
of
the Public Acts of 1994 the natural resources and environmental
protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11501 to 324.11550, shall not
enter
into an interlocal agreement under this subsection if the
city has levied a tax of 3 mills on real property within the city
for the disposal or management of solid waste in that city.
Petitions for a referendum election on the question of entering an
interlocal
agreement under this subsection may be filed with the
local
units clerk of the local unit of government no later than 6
months following adoption of a resolution of the county or agency
to impose the surcharge or 6 months following any increase in the
surcharge. Upon petition of 10% of the qualified electors of a
local
unit of government voting in the last general election prior
to
before the adoption of the
interlocal agreement by the
governing body, the local unit of government shall hold a
referendum on whether to reject the entrance into or terminate an
interlocal
agreement. under this subsection.
(4) The surcharge approved under subsection (1) may be
collected by any reasonable billing method approved by the county,
including, but not limited to, as part of billings for property
taxes, water and sewage usage, or other services provided by the
county to households within the county.
(5) (3)
As used in this section: ,
agency
(a) "Agency" does not include the department of natural
resources.
(b) "Household" means any residence within the county.
Household does not include vacant property.