MI Comp L § 324.11536 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article II - Pollution Control (324.3101...324.21563)|451-1994-II-3 - Chapter 3 Waste Management (324.11101...324.12118)|451-1994-II-3-115 - Part 115 Solid Waste Management (324.11501...324.11554)|Section 324.11536 - Request by Municipality to Be Included in Plan of Adjacent County; Approval by Resolution; Appeal; Final Decision; Formal Action on Plan; Return of Plan With Statement of Objections; Review and Recommendations; Approval by Governing Bodies; Preparation of Final Plan by Department.

324.11536 Request by municipality to be included in plan of adjacent county; approval by resolution; appeal; final decision; formal action on plan; return of plan with statement of objections; review and recommendations; approval by governing bodies; preparation of final plan by department. Sec. 11536.  (1) A municipality located in 2 counties or adjacent to a municipality located in another county may request to be included in the adjacent county's plan. Before the municipality may be included, the request shall be approved by a resolution of the county boards of commissioners of the counties involved. A municipality may appeal to the department a decision to exclude it from an adjacent county's plan. If there is an appeal, the department shall issue a decision within 45 days. The decision of the department is final.  (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), the county board of commissioners shall formally act on the plan following the public hearing required by section 11535(f).  (3) If a planning committee has been appointed by the county board of commissioners under section 11534(1), the county board of commissioners, or if a plan is prepared under section 11533(4), the municipalities in the county who voted in favor of filing a notice of intent to prepare a county solid waste management plan, shall take formal action on the plan after the completion of public hearings and only after the plan has been approved by a majority of the planning committee as provided in section 11534(1). If the county board of commissioners, or, if a plan is prepared under section 11533(4), a majority of the municipalities in the county who voted in favor of filing a notice of intent to prepare a county solid waste management plan, does or do not approve the plan as submitted, the plan shall be returned to the planning committee along with a statement of objections to the plan. Within 30 days after receipt, the planning committee shall review the objections and shall return the plan with its recommendations.  (4) Following approval the county plan shall be approved by the governing bodies of not less than 67% of the municipalities within each respective county before the plan may take effect.  (5) A county plan prepared by a regional solid waste management planning agency shall be approved by the governing bodies of not less than 67% of the municipalities within each respective county before the plan may take effect.  (6) If, after the plan has been adopted, the governing bodies of not less than 67% of the municipalities have not approved the plan, the department shall prepare a plan for the county, including those municipalities that did not approve the county plan. A plan prepared by the department shall be final. History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPAPopular Name: Solid Waste Act