(1) A dispensing facility in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Livingston, Monroe, or St. Clair County constructed after November 15, 1990 shall obtain a dispensing permit. The fee for a dispensing permit is $25.00 for each year or portion of a year.

    (2) The department shall not issue a dispensing permit unless the dispensing facility has installed an approved stage I vapor-recovery system and, in addition to the fee for the dispensing permit, paid a registration fee for each dispensing unit located at the dispensing facility. A permit shall not be issued or renewed until all fees and administrative fines issued under section 10a are paid. A hearing is not required before the refusal to issue or renew a permit under this subsection.

    (3) A dispensing permit expires annually on November 30 unless renewed before December 1 of each year or unless suspended, denied, or revoked by the department. Application for a dispensing permit shall be made on a form furnished by the department. The completed form shall contain the information requested by the department and shall be accompanied by the fees specified.

    (4) The director may suspend, deny, or revoke a dispensing permit issued pursuant to this act for failure to pay the fee required by subsection (1) or (2) or for failure to comply with the requirements of sections 9a to 10c or rules promulgated thereunder.

    (5) A fee shall be charged to the operator of stage I vapor-recovery or gasoline-dispensing equipment for its inspection if any of the following occur:

    (a) The inspection is a reinspection of equipment that has already been tested and found to contain a substantial defect.

    (b) The inspection is performed at the request of the operator.

    (6) The department shall establish the fees and expenses for special services, including the fee for an operator requested inspection or reinspection, for registrations, for training courses, and for accreditation of a trainer, to provide that each fee is sufficient to cover the cost of the service for which the fee is charged and that the aggregate of all fees collected is sufficient to pay for all salaries and other expenses connected with the activity. The department shall review and adjust the fees at the end of each year and obtain the director's approval of all fees before they are adopted. Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the gasoline inspection and testing fund and reserved for conducting the vapor-recovery program.

    (7) Subject to subsection (2), the department shall issue an initial or renewal permit not later than 120 days after the applicant files a completed application. If the application is considered incomplete by the department, the department shall notify the applicant in writing or make notification electronically available within 40 days after receipt of the incomplete application, describing the deficiency and requesting the additional information. The 120-day period is tolled upon notification by the department of a deficiency until the date all of the information requested during the 40-day period is received by the department. The determination of the completeness of an application is not an approval of the application for the permit and does not confer eligibility to an applicant determined otherwise ineligible for issuance of a permit. Requests for new or additional information by the department that fall outside the initial 40-day period do not toll the 120-day period.

    (8) If the department does not issue or deny a permit within 120 days after the receipt of a completed application, the department shall return the permit fee and shall reduce the permit fee for the applicant's next renewal application, if any, by 15%. The failure to issue a permit within the time required under this subsection does not allow the department to otherwise delay the processing of the application, and that application, upon completion, shall be placed in sequence with other completed applications received at that same time. The department shall not discriminate against an applicant in the processing of an application based on the fact that the application fee was refunded or discounted under this subsection.

     (9) As used in this section, "completed application" means an application complete on its face and submitted with any applicable permitting fees as well as any other information, records, approval, security, or similar item required by law or rule from a local unit of government, a federal agency, or a private entity but not from another department or agency of this state.