H.B. 500 Summary

• Authorizes counties, municipal corporations, and townships to levy a fee of $0.175 per barrel of brine recycled at oil and gas brine recycling facilities located within their jurisdictions.

• Fees are implemented through ordinance or resolution enacted by the legislative authority of the county, municipal corporation, or township.

• Collection of the fee begins the first day of the second month following notification to the facility owner or operator, with the facility operator responsible for collecting and remitting fees monthly.

• Facility owners or operators must be mailed a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution establishing the fee, along with notification to the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management.

• All fee proceeds must be deposited into the general fund of the county, municipal corporation, or township levying the fee.