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MI Comp L § 287.605 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610)|Section 287.605 - Purposes and Objectives of Commission's Program.

287.605 Purposes and objectives of commission's program. Sec. 5.  The program created and organized by this act is the state beef industry commission. The purposes and objectives of the commission's program may include but shall not be limited to:  (a) The promotion of the sale, use of beef and beef products in this state.  (b) The support of the beef promotion, research, education, consumer marketing and other activities of the national livestock and meat board.  (c) Conducting or contracting with an accredited university, college or other institution for scientific research on any or all phases of beef production and marketing or promotion.  (d) Dissemination of reliable information benefiting the consumer and the beef industry on such subjects as purchase, pricing, identification, care, cookery, serving, nutritive and economic value of beef and beef products.  (e) Functioning in a liaison capacity between the beef industry and other food industry of the state in matters which ultimately benefit both consumers and industry.  (f) Aiding in the development of practices within the industry tending to improve the quality of the air and waters of the state. History: 1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972
MI Comp L § 287.606 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610)|Section 287.606 - Assessments; Collection; Records; Report; Duties of Market Agency; Commission Expenses.

287.606 Assessments; collection; records; report; duties of market agency; commission expenses. Sec. 6.  (1) The commission may make an assessment of not more than 1/10 of 1% of gross receipts from sale of all cattle raised or fed in the state and shall impose the assessment upon all producers. The assessment collected from each producer shall be used to defray the commission's program and administrative costs.  (2) All market agencies shall keep as a part of the permanent records a record of all purchases and sales which records shall be open for inspection at all times.  (3) Market agencies shall collect the assessments from the producers at no cost to the commission. Assessments collected by a market agency from a producer shall be held in trust for the commission in a separate account until transferred to the commission. The market agency is the trustee of the assessments until the transfer.  (4) Each market agency shall file a report with the commission stating the quantity of cattle received, sold, or shipped by the market agency on forms approved by the director and provided by the commission. The report prepared by the market agency shall be due at least once a month. With the filing of the report, the market agency shall pay to the commission the assessment provided for in this act. A producer who functions as a market agency shall be responsible for remitting assessment payments on that producer's own production of cattle.  (5) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the operational and administrative expenses of the commission shall be paid entirely by assessments collected under this act. Other state funds may be appropriated for expenses of a program under section 5. The commission may accept and expend money from sources other than state appropriations for achieving the purposes of section 5. History: 1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 154, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1983
MI Comp L § 287.607 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610)|Section 287.607 - Failure to File Report or Pay Assessment or Falsification of Information as Misdemeanor; Penalty; Order to Pay Assessment; Interest on Unpaid Assessment.

287.607 Failure to file report or pay assessment or falsification of information as misdemeanor; penalty; order to pay assessment; interest on unpaid assessment. Sec. 7.  (1) A market agency or a producer which fails to file a report or to pay an assessment or which falsifies an affidavit, record, receipt, voucher, or other information required to be maintained by this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both. However, an offending party shall be allowed 30 days after an order to pay an assessment within which to pay the assessment. A penalty for a violation of this act shall not be imposed before this 30-day period expires.  (2) If an assessment is not paid when due, the assessment shall be subject to an 18% annual interest charge. History: 1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 154, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1983
MI Comp L § 287.608 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610)|Section 287.608 - Enforcement of Act; Reimbursement.

287.608 Enforcement of act; reimbursement. Sec. 8.  Employees and agents of the department shall enforce this act. The commission shall reimburse the department in the enforcement of the act. Such funds received by the department are appropriated for the department's use. History: 1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972
MI Comp L § 287.609 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610)|Section 287.609 - Exemption of Assessments Prohibited; Referendum; Petition; Ballots; Costs; Termination of Programs; Payment of Debts; Disposition of Unexpended or Unencumbered Funds.

287.609 Exemption of assessments prohibited; referendum; petition; ballots; costs; termination of programs; payment of debts; disposition of unexpended or unencumbered funds. Sec. 9.  (1) An exemption shall not be made of an assessment required to be imposed under this act.  (2) After the first 5 full calendar years of operation the commission shall conduct a referendum to determine if the program shall be continued. The program shall be terminated only if, in a referendum, more than 50% of the affected producers who pay more than 50% of the assessments vote in favor of the program's termination.  (3) Upon written petition signed by 500 of the producers affected by the program during the previous calendar year, the director, within 100 days, shall conduct a referendum to determine if the marketing program shall be terminated. A program shall be terminated only if more than 50% of the affected producers who pay more than 50% of the assessments vote in favor of its termination.  (4) In a referendum, the director shall mail a ballot to each affected producer of record. Ballots shall also be made available through livestock sales yards, extension offices, and the commission upon request.  (5) The commission shall pay the costs of conducting a referendum.  (6) Upon termination of the program, the commission shall assure payment of all debts incurred by the program. Unexpended or unencumbered funds remaining in the account of the commission at the time of termination shall be paid into the state general fund. History: 1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 238, Imd. Eff. Aug. 4, 1976 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 284, Imd. Eff. July 6, 1978 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 154, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1983
MI Comp L § 287.609a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610)|Section 287.609a - Veal Producers; Assessment; “Veal” Defined.

287.609a Veal producers; assessment; “veal” defined. Sec. 9a.  (1) Veal producers who pay an assessment of at least 1/10 of 1% of gross receipts under a veal marketing program pursuant to Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1965, being sections 290.651 to 290.674 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, are exempt from this act.  (2) For the purposes of this section, "veal" means nonruminating bovine animals raised entirely on a formulated milk-soymilk ration. History: Add. 1983, Act 154, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1983
MI Comp L § 287.610 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610)|Section 287.610 - Falsification of Affidavits, Records, Receipts, or Information.

287.610 Falsification of affidavits, records, receipts, or information. Sec. 10.  A person who falsifies any affidavit, record, receipt, voucher or any information required to be maintained by this act is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972
MI Comp L § 287.651 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683)|Section 287.651 - Meanings of Words and Phrases.

287.651 Meanings of words and phrases. Sec. 1.  For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 3 and 4 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. History: 1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982
MI Comp L § 287.654 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683)|Section 287.654 - Definitions; G to T.

287.654 Definitions; G to T.Sec. 4.  (1) "Grinding" means the mechanical reduction of intact or whole animal tissues into smaller pieces.  (2) "Groundwater" means that term as defined in section 8303 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.8303.  (3) "Normal natural daily mortality" means dead animals generated as a result of the ordinary death loss or tissue by-product accumulations associated with or as a result of the day-to-day operations of raising, keeping, and harvesting animals.  (4) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, cooperative, association, joint venture, or other legal entity or 2 or more entities in contractual relationships.  (5) "Pile" means the mass or mound of compost within the forms of an open-pile, contained-pile within bin, or open-windrow.  (6) "Rendering plant" means an establishment for the reduction by cooking or processing of dead animals to tallow and meat scrap, cracklings, or other items unfit for human consumption.  (7) "Restaurant grease dealer" means a person who procures and transports cooking grease wastes from a restaurant.  (8) "Static" means a compost pile that is left to stand motionless or idle and does not include a rotating drum in-vessel compost digester.  (9) "Transfer station" means an establishment for the collection of dead animals that are to be transported to a facility licensed either under this act or the Michigan commercial feed law, 1975 PA 120, MCL 287.521 to 287.535. History: 1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 66, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005
MI Comp L § 287.657 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683)|Section 287.657 - Establishment of Business Without License Prohibited; Exemptions; Transportation of Officially Quarantined Dead Animals on Public Highway; Permit; Rules.

287.657 Establishment of business without license prohibited; exemptions; transportation of officially quarantined dead animals on public highway; permit; rules. Sec. 7.  (1) Except as provided in section 9, a person shall not establish any of the following as a business without obtaining a license under this act:  (a) An animal food manufacturing plant.  (b) A dead animal dealer.  (c) A transfer station.  (d) A rendering plant.  (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, a person shall not transport a dead animal on a public highway if the animal has been officially quarantined by the director. The director may issue a permit for the transport of animals officially quarantined by the director under special security rules promulgated by the department. History: 1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994
MI Comp L § 287.659 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683)|Section 287.659 - License; Exemptions.

287.659 License; exemptions. Sec. 9.  All of the following are exempt from obtaining a license under this act:  (a) A restaurant grease dealer who is licensed under part 121 (liquid industrial wastes) of the natural resources and environmental protection act, Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.12101 to 324.12118 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.  (b) A landfill that is licensed by the department of natural resources under part 115 (solid waste management) of Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.11501 to 324.11549 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.  (c) A person, and any vehicle used by a person, who is licensed under Act No. 173 of the Public Acts of 1953, being sections 287.401 to 287.409 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.  (d) A person who is licensed under the Michigan commercial feed law, Act No. 120 of the Public Acts of 1975, being sections 287.521 to 287.535 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, who manufactures or processes only decharacterized or denatured dead animals.  (e) A person and any vehicle that is used by a person to transport dead animals, as follows:  (i) To a laboratory for diagnosis.  (ii) To an incinerator approved by state and local authorities.  (iii) To a licensed facility, by the original owner of the animal at the time of the animal's death.  (iv) Dead animals that have been released by authorized meat inspection personnel for educational or research purposes.  (v) Dead animals that are naturally unfit for human consumption, including but not limited to, hoofs, horns, and hides in their natural state.  (vi) For use in preparing pharmaceutical, organotherapeutic, or technical products and not for use as human food. History: 1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 65, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1996
MI Comp L § 287.661 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683)|Section 287.661 - Application for License; Form; Filing; Fee; Renewal; Application of Dead Animal Dealer License; Specification of Destination; Annual License Application Fee; Issuance or Denial of License; Inspection; Standards; License Fee Not Returnable.

287.661 Application for license; form; filing; fee; renewal; application of dead animal dealer license; specification of destination; annual license application fee; issuance or denial of license; inspection; standards; license fee not returnable.Sec. 11.  (1) An application for a license, in a form prescribed by the department, shall be filed with the department and accompanied by the annual license application fee as provided in subsection (3).  (2) A person shall apply to renew a license to the department on or before September 30 for the next fiscal year. Applications for renewal of a license required by this act for a facility or vehicle are delinquent 31 days after the due date, and a delinquent fee of $25.00 shall be assessed in addition to the appropriate license application renewal fee. All money collected under this section shall be appropriated to the department and expended to administer this act.  (3) The application for a dead animal dealer license shall specify the destinations of the dead animals, which shall be a facility licensed in this or another state. If the destination is a facility licensed in another state, the applicant shall include a certified copy of the license for that facility with the application.   (4) The annual license application fee is as follows:   (a) For a rendering plant............................ $ 375.00   (b) For an animal food manufacturing plant........... $ 200.00   (c) For a dead animal dealer......................... $ 100.00   (d) For a transfer station........................... $ 100.00   (e) For each vehicle used to transport dead animals.. $ 25.00  (5) Within a reasonable period of time after receipt of a license application, the director shall inspect the facility or vehicle. If the director determines that the facility or vehicle that is to be utilized under a license conforms to standards prescribed by this act and rules promulgated under this act, the director may issue a license. The application for a license may be denied if standards established in this act or by rules promulgated under this act are not met.  (6) The department shall not return a license fee or portion of a license fee to an applicant regardless of whether a license is issued or denied. History: 1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994
MI Comp L § 287.663 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683)|Section 287.663 - License Denial; Notice; Hearing; Request for Second Inspection.

287.663 License denial; notice; hearing; request for second inspection. Sec. 13.  (1) The department shall notify an applicant of the reasons for a license denial. The notice shall specify the deficiencies that must be corrected in order for a license to be issued. The applicant shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing on the denial.  (2) Without filing a second application under this section, an applicant may request a second inspection after the specified deficiencies have been corrected. The department shall not make more than 2 inspections of the same facility or vehicle per application. History: 1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994
MI Comp L § 287.665 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683)|Section 287.665 - Rules.

287.665 Rules.Sec. 15.  The department shall promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, regarding the following:  (a) The construction and operation of a facility licensed under this act.   (b) Vehicles used for the transportation of dead animals.   (c) Methodology for active composting to include, but not be limited to, methodology regarding passively aerated static piles, mechanically or forced aerated static piles, windrow piles, and contained or in-vessel systems.  (d) Conditions for active composting to include, but not be limited to, recommended conditions regarding moisture content, carbon-to-nitrogen ratio, bulking agent particle size, animal tissue density, composting density, temperature ranges, and pH ranges.  (e) Parameters regarding grinding, including, but not limited to, pile form and shape, pile slumping, and the presence of large intact bones after composting.  (f) Methods for effluent containment and prevention of its movement into groundwater and surface water.  (g) The accommodation of normal natural daily mortality and system capacity for accommodation of both active composting and curing.  (h) Control of odor and pest or vermin infestation of piles with biofilter caps or as otherwise provided by rule.  (i) The generation of adequate records involving composting.  (j) A system of annual nutrient-content analysis.  (k) The final disposition of finished compost.  (l) Methodology for the anaerobic digestion of organic materials. History: 1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 299, Imd. Eff. July 28, 1998 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 66, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 311, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2008
MI Comp L § 287.667 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683)|Section 287.667 - Repealed. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994.

287.667 Repealed. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to vehicles used for transportation of dead animals.
MI Comp L § 287.669 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 287 - Animal Industry|Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683)|Section 287.669 - Inspection of Facility, Vehicle, and Composting; Suspension or Revocation of License; Hearings; Alternative Methods Authorized by Director; Operation Under Common Ownership or Management; Report of Increase in Mortality.

287.669 Inspection of facility, vehicle, and composting; suspension or revocation of license; hearings; alternative methods authorized by director; operation under common ownership or management; report of increase in mortality.Sec. 19.  (1) The director may inspect each facility and vehicle licensed under this act, and each location where composting of dead animals occurs as often as necessary to maintain the standards adopted in this act or in the rules promulgated under this act.  (2) The director may suspend or revoke a license issued under this act if a licensee violates this act or the rules promulgated under this act. The director shall conduct suspension or revocation administrative hearings pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.  (3) The director may authorize by rule alternative methods of composting of dead animals for emergency, commercial, research, or other applications.  (4) Dead animals resulting from normal natural daily mortality intrinsic to an animal operation under common ownership or management may be composted together if the methods comply with the requirements of this act and all rules applicable to those methods as promulgated under section 15.  (5) Composting methods shall be used to compost only the normal natural daily mortality associated with a animal production unit under common ownership or management. Any increase in normal natural daily mortality, due to any cause known or unknown, shall be reported to the director immediately, and any dead animals resulting from that increase in normal natural daily mortality shall not be composted without permission of the director. History: 1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 299, Imd. Eff. July 28, 1998 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 66, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005