Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.11532 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.11532
Impact fees; agreement; collection, payment, and disposition; reduction; use of revenue; trust fund; board of trustees; membership and terms; expenditures from trust fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11532.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a municipality may impose an impact fee of not more than 30 cents per ton on solid waste, including municipal solid waste incinerator ash, that is disposed of in a landfill located within the municipality that is utilized by the public and utilized to dispose of solid waste collected from 2 or more persons. However, if the landfill is located within a village, the impact fee shall be imposed only by the township pursuant to an agreement with the village. An impact fee shall be assessed uniformly on all wastes accepted for disposal.

(2) A municipality may enter into an agreement with the owner or operator of a landfill to establish a higher impact fee than that provided for in subsection (1).

(3) The impact fees imposed under this section shall be collected by the owner or operator of a landfill and shall be paid to the municipality quarterly by the thirtieth day after the end of each calendar quarter. However, the impact fees allowed to be assessed to each landfill under this section shall be reduced by any amount of revenue paid to or available to the municipality from the landfill under the terms of any preexisting agreements, special use permit conditions, court settlement agreement conditions, and trusts.

(4) Unless a trust fund is established by a municipality pursuant to subsection (5), the revenue collected by a municipality pursuant to subsection (1) shall be deposited in its general fund. Subject to subsection (8), the revenue shall be used for any purpose that promotes the public health, safety, or welfare of the citizens of the municipality.

(5) A municipality may establish a trust fund to receive revenue collected pursuant to this section. The trust fund shall be administered by a board of trustees. The board of trustees shall consist of the following members:

(a) The chief elected official of the municipality.

(b) A resident of the municipality appointed by the governing body of the municipality.

(c) An individual approved by the owners or operators of the landfills within the municipality and appointed by the governing body of the municipality.

(6) Individuals appointed to serve on the board of trustees under subsection (5)(b) and (c) shall serve for terms of 2 years.

(7) Subject to subsection (8), money in a trust fund under subsection (5) may be expended, pursuant to a majority vote of the board of trustees, for any purpose that promotes the public health, safety, or welfare of the citizens of the municipality.

(8) Revenue collected pursuant to this section shall not be used to bring or support a lawsuit or other legal action against a landfill owner or operator that is collecting an impact fee under subsection (3) unless the owner or operator of the landfill has instituted a lawsuit or other legal action against the municipality.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2022, Act 247, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023