Michigan § 289.4111 - License fees; food sanitation fees; initial application fee as nonrefundable; convenience fee.

(1) The department shall impose the following license fees for each year or portion of a year:

(a) Retail grocery: $106.00 for 2016, $145.00 for 2017, and $183.00 for any subsequent year.

(b) Extended retail food establishment: $271.00 for 2016, $370.00 for 2017, and $468.00 for any subsequent year.

(c) Food processor: $271.00 for 2016, $370.00 for 2017, and $468.00 for any subsequent year.

(d) Limited food processor: $106.00 for 2016, $145.00 for 2017, and $183.00 for any subsequent year.

(e) Mobile food establishment: $183.00 for 2016, $186.00 for 2017, and $189.00 for any subsequent year.

(f) Temporary food establishment: $40.00 for 2016, $55.00 for 2017, and $70.00 for any subsequent year.

(g) Special transitory food unit: $150.00 for 2016, $153.00 for 2017, and $156.00 for any subsequent year.

(h) Mobile food establishment commissary: $183.00 for 2016, $186.00 for 2017, and $189.00 for any subsequent year.

(i) Food warehouse or vending company base location: $106.00 for 2016, $145.00 for 2017, and $183.00 for any subsequent year. In addition, the operator of the vending company base location shall pay an additional fee based on the number of vending machine locations in this state, as follows:

(i) 1 to 20 locations, $500.00.

(ii) 21 to 50 locations, $750.00.

(iii) 51 to 75 locations, $2,000.00.

(iv) More than 75 locations, $3,000.00.

If a person operates more than 1 vending company base location in this state, all vending machine locations served by those vending company base locations shall be aggregated on 1 of the vending company base location licenses for the purpose of determining the amount of the additional fee for vending machine locations.

(j) Food service establishment: the amounts described in subsection (2).

(2) If a local health department no longer conducts a food service program, the department, in consultation with the commission of agriculture and rural development, shall set the food sanitation fees to be imposed for the conduct of the food service program by the department. The fees imposed must equal, as nearly as possible, 1/2 of the department's cost of providing the service. The department may impose the service fees for up to 12 months after the date of cessation by the local health department. After the 12-month period, the department shall collect the fees only as authorized pursuant to an appropriation.

(3) Any license fee paid on an initial application is nonrefundable.

(4) The department may charge a convenience fee and collect from the applicant any additional costs associated with the method of fee payment for the license or permit fees described in this chapter, not to exceed the costs to the department.