| Sec. 1509.39. (A) For the purposes of defraying the added | 6 |
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costs to a county and to a municipal corporation or township | 7 |
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resulting from the location and operation of a facility that | 8 |
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recycles brine from oil and gas operations within the county and | 9 |
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the municipal corporation or township, a county and the municipal | 10 |
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corporation or township in which such a facility is located each | 11 |
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may levy a fee of seventeen and one-half cents per barrel of brine | 12 |
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recycled at the facility. | 13 |
| (B) The legislative authority of a county, municipal | 14 |
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corporation, or township may levy a fee under this section by | 15 |
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enacting an ordinance or adopting a resolution establishing the | 16 |
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fee. Upon doing so, the legislative authority shall mail a | 17 |
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certified copy of the ordinance or resolution to the owner or | 18 |
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operator of the facility that is required to collect the fee and | 19 |
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to the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. | 20 |
| (C) Collection of a fee levied under this section shall | 21 |
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commence on the first day of the second month following the month | 22 |
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in which notification is sent to the owner or operator. The owner | 23 |
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or operator of a brine recycling facility shall collect the fee | 24 |
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levied under this section on behalf of the county, municipal | 25 |
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corporation, or township and forward the proceeds of the fee to | 26 |
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the county, municipal corporation, or township, as applicable, on | 27 |
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a monthly basis. | 28 |