SB 943 Summary

• Increases landfill tipping fee from $0.12 per cubic yard to $4.44 per ton, effective after 90-day enactment period.

• Establishes the Clean Michigan Fund to replace the Solid Waste Management Fund, with fee revenue allocated to environmental cleanup (60%), waste management (12%), recycling (75% of remainder), and water quality monitoring (25% of remainder).

• Implements fee adjustment mechanism starting in 2024 and every five years thereafter based on Consumer Price Index changes from October 2018 through September 2023.

• Requires landfill operators to pass through the tipping fee to waste generators and collect it regardless of existing contracts.

• Makes technical corrections including grammar updates and clarifications to yard clipping management requirements and perpetual care fund procedures.