Michigan Laws 285.68 – License fee; grain dealer’s fees fund; duration of license; fee schedule adjustment; “Detroit consumer price index” defined
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 285.68
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Department: means the department of agriculture. See Michigan Laws 285.62
- Director: means the director of the department or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 285.62
- Farm produce: means 1 or more of dry edible beans, soybeans, small grains, cereal grains, or corn. See Michigan Laws 285.62
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Grain dealer: means a person engaged in the business of receiving, buying, exchanging, selling, or storing farm produce in this state. See Michigan Laws 285.62
- Grain merchandiser: means a person engaged in the business of receiving, buying, exchanging, selling, or taking title to farm produce and who is responsible for payment to a depositor but does not operate a truck or a facility. See Michigan Laws 285.62
- License: means a license issued by the department to a grain dealer in the manner provided under this act. See Michigan Laws 285.62
- Receiving point: means a facility where farm produce is received, weighed, and stored and an acknowledgment form is issued. See Michigan Laws 285.62
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) A grain dealer shall pay a license fee to the department with an application for a license or renewal of a license. The license fee is the sum of all of the following that apply to the grain dealer:
| (a) | For each receiving point of the grain dealer that has total bushel capacity of: | ||
| (i) | 100,000 or less………………………….. | $ | 500.00 |
| (ii) | More than 100,000 and 200,000 or less………. | $ | 625.00 |
| (iii) | More than 200,000 and 300,000 or less………. | $ | 750.00 |
| (iv) | More than 300,000 and 400,000 or less………. | $ | 875.00 |
| (v) | More than 400,000………………………… | $ | 1,000.00 |
| (b) | For vehicles owned by a farm produce trucker: | ||
| (i) | For 1 vehicle……………………………. | $ | 500.00 |
| (ii) | For each additional vehicle……………….. | $ | 200.00 |
| (c) | For a grain merchandiser‘s license…………. | $ | 1,000.00 |
(2) The grain dealer’s fees fund is created in the state treasury. The department shall deposit license fees and administrative fines received under this act in the grain dealer’s fees fund, to be used pursuant to legislative appropriation by the director in carrying out those duties required by law. After the payment of the amounts appropriated by the legislature for the necessary expenses incurred in the administration of this act, the money remaining in the grain dealer’s fees fund shall not revert or be credited to the general fund at the close of the fiscal year but shall remain in the grain dealer’s fees fund. The department shall be the administrator of the fund for audit purposes.
(3) A license fee determined under subsection (1) is the fee for a 1-year license. If the department has issued a license for a period of longer than 1 year under section 4(4), it shall require a license fee increased on a proportionate basis to reflect the longer term of the license.
(4) Every year, the department may adjust the fee schedule in subsection (1) by an amount determined by the state treasurer to reflect the cumulative annual percentage change in the Detroit consumer price index over the 1-year period. An adjustment under this subsection shall not exceed 5% even if the amount determined by the state treasurer to reflect the cumulative annual percentage change over the 1-year period is more than 5%. A fee adjusted under this subsection shall be rounded to the nearest $5.00 increment. As used in this subsection, “Detroit consumer price index” means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for the Detroit area from the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department of labor.