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Code · Michigan · Chapter 324 — Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

324.32312 Rules; fee required with permit application or project; disposition of fees; violation; restraining order.

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324.32312 Rules; fee required with permit application or project; disposition of fees; violation; restraining order.
Sec. 32312.
(1)To regulate the uses and development of high-risk areas, flood risk areas, and environmental areas and to implement the purposes of this part, the department shall promulgate rules in accordance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. If permits are required under rules promulgated under this part, the permits must be issued in accordance with the rules and part 13. Except as provided under subsection (2), until October 1, 2029, if permits are required under the rules promulgated under this part, an application for a permit must be accompanied by a fee as follows:
(a)For a commercial or multifamily residential project, $500.00.
(b)For a single-family home construction, $100.00.
(c)For an addition to an existing single-family home or for a project that has a minor impact on fish and wildlife resources in environmental areas as determined by the department, $50.00.
(2)A project that requires review and approval under this part and under 1 or more of the following is subject to only the single highest permit fee required under this part or the following:
(a)Part 301.
(b)Part 303.
(c)Part 325.
(d)Section 3104.
(e)Section 117 of the land division act, 1967 PA 288, MCL 560.117.
(3)The department shall forward fees collected under this section to the state treasurer for deposit in the land and water management permit fee fund created in section 30113.
(4)A circuit court, upon petition and a showing by the department that a rule promulgated under subsection
(1)has been violated, shall issue any necessary order to the defendant to correct the violation or to restrain the defendant from further violation of the rule.
History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 168, Imd. Eff. Oct. 9, 1995 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 106 , Imd. Eff. July 7, 1999 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 163 , Imd. Eff. Aug. 12, 2003 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 325 , Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2004 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 276 , Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 2008 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 90 , Imd. Eff. July 15, 2011 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 76 , Eff. Oct. 1, 2015 ;-- Am. 2019, Act 84 , Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2019 ;-- Am. 2021, Act 91 , Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2021 ;-- Am. 2025, Act 30 , Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 2025
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA
Admin Rule: R 281.21 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
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