HOUSE BILL No. 6165

 

June 8, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Pastor, Moore, Garfield, Gosselin, Hansen, Brandenburg, Shaffer, Amos, Marleau, Jones, Stahl, Elsenheimer, Hoogendyk, Palmer, Sheen, Wenke, Booher, Vander Veen, Casperson, Caul, Moolenaar, Acciavatti and Baxter and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Great Lakes, Land Use, and Environment.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 30313b.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 30313b. (1) An individual permit or a certificate issued

 

under this part may be transferred if both of the following apply:

 

     (a) A written agreement between the current and new owners or

 

operators containing a specific date for transfer of

 

responsibility, coverage, and liability under the permit or

 

certificate has been submitted to the department or local unit of

 

government that issued the permit or certificate, as applicable.

 

     (b) The department or the local unit of government that issued

 

the permit or certificate, as applicable, determines that no other


 

change in the permit or certificate is necessary.

 

     (2) The department may charge a reasonable fee for

 

transferring a permit or certificate under subsection (1). The fee

 

shall not exceed the administrative cost of transferring the permit

 

or certificate.

 

     (3) As used in this section, "certificate" means a certificate

 

of coverage under a general permit issued under this part.