September 13, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Acciavatti, Pavlov, Palsrok, Ward, Hoogendyk, Taub, Brandenburg, Amos, Vander Veen, Robertson, Hummel, Gosselin, Walker, Stahl, Shaffer, Elsenheimer, Casperson, Huizenga, Proos, Moolenaar, Caswell, Schuitmaker, Booher, Caul, Moore, Jones, Kahn, Farhat, Hansen, Pearce, Nofs, David Law, Green, Marleau, Mortimer, Emmons, Kooiman, Pastor, Ball, Rocca and Hildenbrand and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Great Lakes, Land Use, and Environment.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
(MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 11526e.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 11526e. (1) Subject to subsection (3), a person shall not
deliver for disposal, in a landfill or incinerator in this state,
municipal solid waste, including, but not limited to, municipal
solid waste incinerator ash, that was generated outside of the
United States.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the owner or operator of a
landfill in this state shall not accept for disposal municipal
solid waste, including, but not limited to, municipal solid waste
incinerator ash, that was generated outside of the United States.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply notwithstanding any other
provision of this part. However, subsections (1) and (2) do not
apply unless congress enacts legislation under clause 3 of section
8 of article I of the constitution of the United States authorizing
such prohibitions. Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply until 90
days after the effective date of such federal legislation or 90
days after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this
section, whichever is later.