SOLID WASTE FEE INCREASE S.B. 449 (S-2):
FLOOR SUMMARY
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Senate Bill 449 (Substitute S-2 as reported) (as enrolled)
Sponsor: Senator Roger Kahn, M.D.
Committee: Appropriations
CONTENT
The bill would amend Part 115 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act to delay the October 1, 2011, sunset on the solid waste surcharge fee that is paid by landfill operators on a per-cubic-yard basis. Additionally, the bill would increase the fee from 7 cents per cubic yard to 12 cents starting October 1, 2011. The fee would sunset on September 30, 2013.
MCL 324.11525a
FISCAL IMPACT
The FY 2011-12 DEQ budget was built on the assumption that this fee would be raised by the amounts contained in the bill. Currently, the solid waste surcharge fee raises approximately $2.8 million per year. The fee is used as the primary funding source for the regulation, inspection and monitoring of private and public solid waste landfills in the State. The Department of Environmental Quality estimates that under the bill, approximately $4.6 million would be raised in FY 2011-12, and using Department estimates for the volume of waste projected to be deposited in FY 2012-13, the fee would raise $4.3 million for FY 2012-13.
Date Completed: 6-22-11 Fiscal Analyst: Josh Sefton
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb449/1112