2010 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.

BODIES OF DEAD ANIMALS (EXCERPT)
Act 239 of 1982

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