November 4, 2003, Introduced by Reps. LaJoy, Woronchak, Taub, Voorhees, Tabor, DeRoche, Robertson, Ward, Brandenburg, Acciavatti and Farhat and referred to the Committee on 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:
1 Sec. 8a. (1) Subject to the requirement of subsection (2),
2 a county, by resolution of the county board of commissioners of
3 the county, or the agency responsible for preparing the solid
4 waste management plan for
counties with a population of 690,000
5 or more as certified
by the 1980 census that do that
does not
6 operate under Act No.
139 of the Public Acts of 1973, being
7 sections 45.551 to
45.573 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or Act
8 No. 293 of the Public
Acts of 1966, being sections 45.501 to
9 45.521 of the Michigan
Compiled Laws 1973 PA 139, MCL
45.551 to
10 45.573, or 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.501 to 45.521, as provided in part
11 115 (solid waste
management) of the natural resources and
1 environmental protection
act, Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of
2 1994, being sections
324.11501 to 324.11549 of the Michigan
3 Compiled Laws 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11501 to 324.11550, may
4 impose a surcharge on households within the county of not more
5 than $2.00 per month or $25.00 per year per household for waste
6 reduction programs and for the collection of consumer source
7 separated materials for recycling or composting including, but
8 not limited to, recyclable materials, as defined in part 115 of
9 Act No. 451 of the
Public Acts of 1994 the natural
resources
10 and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11501 to
11 324.11550, household hazardous wastes, tires, batteries, and yard
12 clippings.
13 (2) A county or agency shall defer the imposition and
14 collection of a surcharge imposed under subsection (1) in a local
15 unit of government within that county until the county or agency
16 has entered into an interlocal agreement under this act relating
17 to the collection and disposition of the surcharge with the local
18 unit of government. However,
a A city in a county in which the
19 agency described in subsection (1) prepared the update to the
20 county's solid waste management plan as provided in part 115 of
21 Act No. 451 of the
Public Acts of 1994 the natural
resources
22 and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.11501 to
23 324.11550, shall not
enter into an interlocal agreement under
24 this subsection if the city has levied a tax of 3 mills on real
25 property within the city for the disposal or management of solid
26 waste in that city. Petitions for a referendum election on the
27 question of entering an
interlocal agreement under this
1 subsection may be filed with the local units clerk of
the
2 local unit of government no later than 6 months following
3 adoption of a resolution of the county or agency to impose the
4 surcharge or 6 months following any increase in the surcharge.
5 Upon petition of 10% of the qualified electors of a local unit of
6 government voting in the
last general election prior to before
7 the adoption of the interlocal agreement by the governing body,
8 the local unit of government shall hold a referendum on whether
9 to reject the entrance into or terminate an interlocal agreement.
10 under this
subsection.
11 (3) As used in this section, agency does not include the
12 department of natural resources.
13 (4) As used in this section, "household" means any residence
14 within the county. Household does not include vacant property.